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If I close a session on Firefox and then try to reopen it, I get a screen that says "you must close your current session because Firefox is already running".

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norriscl
norriscl

The power went out and when it came back on, my computer seemed fine. I was able to access the internet through Firefox as usual. However, if I closed my session and tried to reopen it, it would say that there was already a session open and that I would have to close it before trying again. I would have to go to the task manager and find Firefox in the list of processes and end the process in order to get back to the internet. I have tried restarting my computer twice. What could be the problem?

The power went out and when it came back on, my computer seemed fine. I was able to access the internet through Firefox as usual. However, if I closed my session and tried to reopen it, it would say that there was already a session open and that I would have to close it before trying again. I would have to go to the task manager and find Firefox in the list of processes and end the process in order to get back to the internet. I have tried restarting my computer twice. What could be the problem?

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Try to wait a bit longer before reopening Firefox to give Firefox more time to close completely.
You can also try to use Firefox/File > Exit to close Firefox.

See "Hang at exit":

See also:

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cor-el
cor-el
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Chosen Solution

Try to wait a bit longer before reopening Firefox to give Firefox more time to close completely.
You can also try to use Firefox/File > Exit to close Firefox.

See "Hang at exit":

See also:

Modified by cor-el

norriscl
norriscl Question owner

Thanks! You are right. It was just taking a lot longer than normal to close completely. When I became more patient and waited, it worked fine.

cor-el
cor-el
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You're welcome