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Only one copy of Firefox can be open at a time

fernandojorgeroriz
fernandojorgeroriz

Olá!

Ontem, quando reiniciei o Firefox, apareceu-me esta mensagem de erro: "Close Firefox. A copy of Firefox is already open. Only one copy of Firefox can be open at a time."

Entretanto desinstalei o Firefox, removendo da pasta de Aplicações.

Acontece que agora nem me deixa voltar a instalar, aparecendo sempre a mesma mensagem de erro.

Percebo muito pouco de Mac, daí que agradeça ajuda!

Olá! Ontem, quando reiniciei o Firefox, apareceu-me esta mensagem de erro: "Close Firefox. A copy of Firefox is already open. Only one copy of Firefox can be open at a time." Entretanto desinstalei o Firefox, removendo da pasta de Aplicações. Acontece que agora nem me deixa voltar a instalar, aparecendo sempre a mesma mensagem de erro. Percebo muito pouco de Mac, daí que agradeça ajuda!

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ideato
ideato

Probably you have Profile locked in your Profile folder

see Remove the profile lock file ".parentlock" (Mac OS X)


thank you

Please mark "Solved" the answer that really solve the problem, to help others with a similar problem.

fernandojorgeroriz
fernandojorgeroriz Question owner

Thanks for the help!

Anyway, this didn't solve the problem. The problem is I couldn't find my profile folder in Firefox since i've uninstalled it.

By the way, I've solved the problem yet.

Searching in Google about how to completely uninstall applications on mac, I've found AppZapper.

I really don't like this kind of apps, but the thing is, the problem is solved, completely!

Thanks anyway!