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Firefox locks local HTML files, annoying web developer

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I use Dreamweaver to develop web sites and have Firefox set as the default preview browser. Occasionally, I'm then unable to save further changes in Dreamweaver because Firefox has obtained a lock on the local .htm/.html file (as reported by LockHunter, http://lockhunter.com/). Quitting Firefox entirely releases the lock, but that's sort of a pain. Seems to me there's no good reason for a browser to be taking a lock on local file. Is there a good reason, or should I be figuring out how to report this as a bug?

This happened

A few times a week

== maybe more frequent with Dreamweaver CS5, but not sure.

I use Dreamweaver to develop web sites and have Firefox set as the default preview browser. Occasionally, I'm then unable to save further changes in Dreamweaver because Firefox has obtained a lock on the local .htm/.html file (as reported by LockHunter, http://lockhunter.com/). Quitting Firefox entirely releases the lock, but that's sort of a pain. Seems to me there's no good reason for a browser to be taking a lock on local file. Is there a good reason, or should I be figuring out how to report this as a bug? == This happened == A few times a week == maybe more frequent with Dreamweaver CS5, but not sure.