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Everytime I close firefox when i try to reopen it says firefox is already running and i have to restart my computer to get it to come up

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cor-el replied 15 years ago
prorocker13
prorocker13

If I close firefox, then try to reopen it says firefox is already running, please close. I dont know where it might be running or how to close so I have to restart my computer to use firefox

If I close firefox, then try to reopen it says firefox is already running, please close. I dont know where it might be running or how to close so I have to restart my computer to use firefox

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Hasan
Hasan

-> press CTRL + ALT + DEL to open Task Manager -> Processes tab -> right-click firefox.exe and click End Process Tree -> close Task Manager

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cor-el
cor-el
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See also "Hang at exit":