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when i close firefox and want to use it later i get a warning saying cannot open firefox close it first this keeps happening all the time any ideas to solve this problem? i have 2 mchines one on xp and one on windows 7

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i have 2 pcs one with xp and the other with windows 7 heres the problem

when i close firefox and say go back to it say in 10 mins i get a error message saying to close firefox before opening!!! but firefox window is closed but the processes still say its running in task manager so to correct this i have to end process on firefox. this seems to be happening now every time in the last few days i have upgraded firefox to the latest version. any ideas on how to solve this problem.

i have 2 pcs one with xp and the other with windows 7 heres the problem when i close firefox and say go back to it say in 10 mins i get a error message saying to close firefox before opening!!! but firefox window is closed but the processes still say its running in task manager so to correct this i have to end process on firefox. this seems to be happening now every time in the last few days i have upgraded firefox to the latest version. any ideas on how to solve this problem.

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see if this helps you : Firefox is already running but is not responding


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tried that ideato still no go also the read only bit to check permissions is shaded and not ticked so tried to uncheck all of the read only on the default profile folder and its just reverting back.

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See also these:

"Hang at exit":

"Firefox hangs when you quit it":