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When launching Firefox, it often says it's already running when it isn't and only rebooting once or twice seems to solve the problem .

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martypa
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It seems to happen when I visit certain websites like McDonalds, Holiday Inn Express, New York State Thruway Authority to use wifi

It seems to happen when I visit certain websites like McDonalds, Holiday Inn Express, New York State Thruway Authority to use wifi

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racingdude7
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i got this message after closing and restarting my browser after it froze up. the only way i found to fix is to reboot the computer.

martypa
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Thanx! It's nice to know I'm not alone, though I'm sorry you experienced it too. I had wondered if it might be caused by memory limitation and if I had too much running on my computer, but IE worked just fine.

the-edmeister
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See if this helps you.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox%20hangs#w_hang-at-exit

martypa
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Thanx, the-edmeister. I appreciate that suggestion. Helps me understand what might be going on.