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Why is Firefox preventing Windows 7 from shutting down? I must force quit.

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huffnstuff
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When I try to shut down Win7 (Home Premium) , Firefox hangs and must be manually force quit. If I close Firefox before shudown, there is no issue. There are no warnings when I open or close Firefox (3.6.8).

When I try to shut down Win7 (Home Premium) , Firefox hangs and must be manually force quit. If I close Firefox before shudown, there is no issue. There are no warnings when I open or close Firefox (3.6.8).

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cor-el
cor-el
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It is always better to close all programs before you shut down the computer instead of forcing the program to close.

yafa
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That reply adds absolutely no information and the person is just being a smart ass.

You should not I repeat not have to shut down a browser to shut down a compouter. Claiming you should have too is silly.

This is the kind of thing that will make me choose another browser. One that works the way I expect it to.

yafa
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I upgraded to Firefox 5.0 and the problem went away.

Firefox really is advancing versions fast now... :)

fritzmg
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I have the same problem. I run 3 different PCs, all with Windows 7 x64, FireFox 9 in all cases and on all systems this problem happens. When I shutdown Windows while FF is still running, FireFox will hang up and it has to be force closed. When I exit FF before shutting windows down, no problems occur.