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when i close firefox, it's still working in the background. when i want to open it again, there's a message that firefox is running and that i have to close it. then i close in with CTRL+ALT+DEL/task manager i think/. all this started to happen after upda

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when i close firefox, it's still working in the background. when i want to open it again, there's a message that firefox is running and that i have to close it. then i close in with CTRL+ALT+DEL/task manager i think/.

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Every time Firefox opened

== after updating/upgrading firefox

when i close firefox, it's still working in the background. when i want to open it again, there's a message that firefox is running and that i have to close it. then i close in with CTRL+ALT+DEL/task manager i think/. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == after updating/upgrading firefox

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Maybe, you just need to wait for some time for Firefox to unload.

Maybe, it's an extension/plugin slowing your Firefox.

When I close Firefox in the evening, it closes slowly and uses 50% of CPU. It does unload after several (30? 60?) seconds.

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Maybe, you just need to wait for some time for Firefox to unload.

Maybe, it's an extension/plugin slowing your Firefox.

When I close Firefox in the evening, it closes slowly and uses 50% of CPU. It does unload after several (30? 60?) seconds.

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I have the same problem. Firefox won't unload regardless of how long I wait. Literally hours ... I must go in and 'end the process'. This has been a real hassle for a while now. Even considered giving up on firefox. Please look into this! An additional problem; I have to run firefox to get the updates, but I can't get the updates to take because I can't get firefox to unload so I can restart it.

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