when I close out a website it goes to my desk top and then tells me firefox is running and I have to shut down the system
when I close out a website it goes to my desk top and then tells me firefox is already running and I have to shut down my system and bring it back up and wait to log back in. It's quite frustrating.
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Stop the running process: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Kill_application Reasons for hanging at exit: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs#Hang_at_exit
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-already-running-not-responding
Most often hanging at exit is caused by Extensions, maybe plugins. Try Firefox Safe Mode; don't check any items, just click "Continue to Safe Mode". http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode
If the problem does not occur in Safe Mode, disable Extensions and Plugins, one at a time or up to one half at a time, restart Firfox after each change. Narrow down until you find the problem:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-U/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting
Try Ctrl>ALT>DEL then click Start Task Manager, then find the process firefox.exe, then click end program, then try opening Firefox again. done! If that doesn't work, then try re-installing Firefox or going to this link to safe mode area and click continue to safe mode and then try and exit, if this problem still occurs then disable extensions and plugins
Modified by NoahSUMO
See also:
- "Hang at exit": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
- "Firefox hangs when you quit it": https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+hangs