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Firefox will not Quit unless I do a Force Quit

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When I select Quit it does a time out (Not Responding) and I always have to use Force Quit

When I select Quit it does a time out (Not Responding) and I always have to use Force Quit

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How to crash Firefox (All Systems); Instructions here; https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/How_to_report_a_hung_Firefox

This link has a program that can crash Firefox.


Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?