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i open firefox it keeps saying"Firefox is already running,but not responding.To open a new window,you must first close the existing Firefox process,or restart your system" i tried restart my computer...but it's still keep saying that..pls help me..

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taroderick@yahoo.com
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As I stated above, I have to constantly restart my computer because I get a message stating firefox is already running.

As I stated above, I have to constantly restart my computer because I get a message stating firefox is already running.

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chameau
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Do you see a firefox.exe in the Task manager if you look there right after you get this error message?

You do not have to restart the computer, just kill that process.

This situation may occur if Firefox was not closed correctly or crashed.