When I have a few tabs open and try to close them, THEY WILL NOT CLOSE !!! I have to shut down Mozilla and reopen, UUGGHH !!
Why do I have to shut down Mozilla Fire Fox to close tabs ?? Clicking the red X does NOTHING !! Sometimes it is only 1or 2 tabs.
I'm thinking of just quitting the use of Mozilla. Very frustrating. That does not happen on other search engines. I do like Mozilla but I've had it with this. I have 6 tabs open now and None of them will close. Why ??
edited to remove the leading space that forced a horz scrollbar
Modified by the-edmeister
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HI, Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Firefox Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode that temporarily turns off hardware acceleration, resets some settings, and disables add-ons (extensions and themes).
If Firefox is open, you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu:
- Click the menu button
, click Help 
and select Restart with Add-ons Disabled.
If Firefox is not running, you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:
- On Windows: Hold the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
- On Mac: Hold the option key while starting Firefox.
- On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run firefox -safe-mode
(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
When the Firefox Safe Mode window appears, select "Start in Safe Mode".
If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, theme, or hardware acceleration. Please follow the steps in the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article to find the cause.
To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.
If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you.
kjohnsr1 said
That does not happen on other search engines.
Are these tabs opened by a search engine? What one?