"Firefox is already running" error

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• I tried a new install and get "Firefox is already running" error

  Win XP SP3. Links in the open web pages in Firefox did not work. I tried to reinstall the latest version of Firefox on the existing version. Did not help. Firefox uninstalled, reinstalled; did not help. A total uninstall including manually delete all the files of Firefox and folders. Restarted in-between. Now, I get the message error "Firefox is already in running... "I tried the procedure described in the article in the database but no longer have a profile. Bottom line: can install is no longer a functional version of Firefox.

  You are welcome

  See also:

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

• How can I prevent the error "Firefox is already running" message while trying to open the links and FF has already been opened by a symbolic link?

  I use symbolic links and shortcuts of programs as a way to easily open different Firefox profiles IE. one for casual/personal use and the other for work. It works well, but I get the error message "Firefox is already running, but is not responding" if I try to open external links with FF as my default browser. FF is actually open and works very well, but I guess that it does not recognize this fact due to how I started the beginning of the process.

  I could not add executables symbolically related to the component of default program. Is there a way to get around this error or another way to solve this problem?

  The solution to the question below, it's what I use to open the different profiles of FF.

  http://superuser.com/questions/255312/pin-same-app-multiple-times-in-Windows-7

  Hello, it is probably the case when executing by default profile with the - non-interrupteur remote.
  http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use

• I get an error message Firefox is already running. I rebooted and redownloaded the program and continue to receive the same message

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  I get an error message Firefox is already running. I rebooted and redownloaded the program and continue to receive the same message

  See:

  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+is+already+running+but+is+not+responding
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use

• I keep having a problem with this error message. Firefox is already running but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. I've tried everything.

  I keep having a problem with this error message. Firefox is already running but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. I tried everything the internet suggested but it continues to wreak havoc... Help, please... John.I cannot give other details that it has become very annoying

  See "hang out":

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
  • Firefox crashes or does not - how to fix

• Firefox is already running but is not responding. The old process of Firefox must be closed to open a new window.

  When I try to open Firefox, I get this message:
  "Firefox is already running but is not responding. The old process of Firefox must be closed to open a new window. »
  I then clicked close firefox, but the problem was solved not so I uninstalled and reinstalled firefox, but it's the same thing.
  At this point, I went to support Mozilla and tried the steps described in the article, "Firefox is already running but is not responsible for - How to fix error message", but the firefox.exe process was not in the processes tab in windows Task Manager. While he was in the Details tab, when I tried to put an end to the process, I received this message:
  
  "The operation could not be completed. Access is denied. "

  What can I do to fix this?

  Thank you.

  Usually when you stop and restart Windows, Firefox is not running and can be started normally.

  Firefox is set to start automatically with Windows? Microsoft has a utility to investigate what is set to happen at startup: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

  It is possible that something is triggering a process in your default browser and it is the hanging of Firefox. You can try to change your default browser to IE (IE can offer to do when you start) before the shutdown and restart Windows to see if it makes a difference.

• Firefox is already running?

  After following the instructions to stop firefox in the Task Manager (he was not also running), I tried to find my profile. I followed the instructions by going to the Start button and entering % APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\, but could not find a profile file. I have closed several times but still the same error message, so it is currently impossible to use firefox.
  Help please
  Arbrew

  You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > troubleshooting information > profile directory: opens showing the file

  Use ' Firefox/file > output "(Mac: ' Firefox > quit smoking";) Linux: "file > exit ') to close Firefox if you're doing that by clicking on the X close in the title bar.

  See also:

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/Firefox+is+already+running+but+is+not+responding
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_missing_profile

• I have message handler Firefox is already running but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. It is NOT open I onlly have a computer

  I installed FF on my new computer, Windows 7 Toshiba, I get the message Firefox is already running but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. It is NOT open I have only one computer.
  I had a computer scientist to try everything, and we cannot on it to open it.

  Search the firefox process firefox.exe and kill him with for example the Task Manager. It is also worth watching for the plugincontainer.exe.

  The problem and the solutions are explained in the articles:

  • Error message "Firefox is already running but is not responding" - how to fix
  • Firefox crashes or does not - how to fix

• I get a message "Firefox is already running but is not responding.". I did everything here Inc. uninstalled and re-installed. Help!

  I am using a HP desktop computer with Vista Home premium. I get a "Firefox is already running, but does not." message. I did everything on the other forums and it did not help. I even uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox. I still get the same message.

  You are able to start Firefox in Safe Mode or start the Profile Manager?

  (1) safe Mode

  It is a standard diagnostic tool to disable some advanced features of Firefox and extensions. More info: questions to troubleshoot Firefox in Safe Mode.

  You can start Firefox in Safe Mode by holding down the SHIFT key when you start Firefox. (If you get directly in a new window, you must exit all Firefox Windows first).

  A small dialog box should appear. Click on 'Start mode safe' (not reset).

  It will start?

  (2) the Profile Manager

  This assumes that firefox.exe is not running.

  Start in Manager profiles using Start > Search box (or run):

  firefox.exe -P
  

  When you get the Profile Manager window, do not delete anything!

  No matter what time you want to switch profiles, you exit Firefox and return to this dialog box.

  If you select your default profile and click Start, Firefox start?

• Firefox is already running but is not

  I started my computer and I tried to open firefox but a windows appears and say Firefox is already running, but does not. To open a new window, you must close the existing windows, and try again.

  The problem is that he is not running. I opened my task manager and there are no programs running, I have check the processes running and nothing to do with Mozilla firefox is here. How can it already be running if it is not open?

  I actually fixed. I was looking for in c:\users/myname/appdata/local/mozilla/firefox/profiles

  I looked in
  c:\Users/MyName/appdata/roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/profiles and found the profile.locked file and deleted. Works fine again.

• Firefox is already running but is not responding? Simple answers don't seem to work

  I started Firefox earlier today and received a message about a problem with Firefox and he had to be reset. Because the other option seemed worse than the reset, and Firefox Reseting seemed relatively painless, I clicked OK. A short message popped up on the registration of passwords, bookmarks, etc. with success. Then a small window pops up, saying it was cleaning of Firefox. While the process seemed to freeze. I liquidated it, killed at any process of firefox running and attempted to restart Firefox, when I received the message "Firefox is already running, but does not." There is a folder on my desktop labeled 'old Firefox data' which I assume is from Firefox reset (it is also now a copy of the profile on my desk, just in case).

  https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/Firefox-already-running-not-responding

  I found this and tried to work through it, but it doesn't seem to help.

  (1) Ther' are no Firefox.exe in my task manager, nor is there a process plugin-container.

  (2) I deleted the file "parent.lock" in both the profile (which is just a bunch of jumbled letters and numbers with 'default' in it) and the record of the old Firefox. However, these files were just "parent.lock" not "parent.lock.parentlock".

  (3) did not change the name on it, so unless the reset did before she locked herself, I don't know what to change it to.

  (4) it is not a file share, so...

  (5) this could be a possibility. The folder of Firefox that my profile is 'Read only' is, but I can't not to change cela. Everytime I go in, turn off the 'Read only' option and tell him to propagate the change through subfolders, it seems to work, but when I check the properties 10 seconds later, 'Read Only' is checked again.

  Sounds that the profiles.ini was corrupted when you remove the old default profile and adding the new profile.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/profiles.ini_file

  You can have security software that preventing to change the Firefox file.

  You use the Profile Manager to restore an existing profile or create a new profile.

  A "Reset" creates a new default profile with a timestamp attached and is trying to import some settings of the old profile, leaving the old profile intact, including the (invalid) cache folder (topic: cache) can take up to 1 GB.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

  Versions of Firefox 15 + will move the old profile folder "old Firefox Data-#" folder on the desktop that gets a figure if you use reset several times, so you can no longer use the Profile Manager to return to the old profile.

  See also:

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/managing+profiles
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows

• If I close a session on Firefox and then try to reopen it, I get a screen that says "you must close your current session because Firefox is already running".

  The power went out, and when he returned, my computer seemed. I was able to access the internet through Firefox as usual. However, if I closed my session and tried to open it again, he would say that he had already opened a session and I have to close it before you try again. I have to go into the Task Manager and find Firefox in the list of processes and end the process in order to return to the internet. I tried to restart my computer twice. What could be the problem?

  Try to wait a little longer before you reopen Firefox to give Firefox more time to close completely.
  
  You can also try using Firefox/file > exit to close Firefox.

  See "hang out":

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+hangs

  See also:

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use
  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+is+already+running+but+is+not+responding

• I get an error message saying that firefox is already running when I try to open it, but firefox does not work it became more frequent in the last week

  When I try to open firefox, the firefox message is already running on this computer I had a few times in the past, but it has become more common recently. I know that the application is not running. Thus, the only cure is to restart my computer then it's ok.

   hoping someone can help
    kind regards Paul
  

  Probably a process firefox.exe "hung."

  Firefox crashes when you close

• Widespread problem "Firefox is already running" suggests it does not close properly - is Mozilla solve this?

  Several people including me have reported a problem when closing Firefox and then try to re - open. The message "FF is already running and should be closed... ' appears, but the taskbar does not display an active FF. At this point, it is necessary to use the Task Manager to close the old term.
  1 this not always the case on my computer has started recently.
  2. most of the time that it is indeed possible to open multiple versions of FF without difficulty. This problem only seems to happen if I close the first session and then immediately try to open a new.
  So my question is what causes this, not what workaround to usable solution when it occurs.

  1 both of these problems (ending to Firefox and restart) are a response

  http://dmcritchie.MVPs.org/Firefox/Firefox-problems.htm#close_firefox

  2. multiple versions of Firefox you have to use -no-remote on your combination of browser/profile not by default. Which cannot be by chance, so either you messed up in start parameters, or you didn't never have multiple versions of firefox running at the same time.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Using_multiple_profiles_-_Firefox
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Opening_a_new_instance_of_your_Mozilla_application_with_another_profile

  Please mark "resolved" a response that will better help others with a similar problem - hope it was her.

• After firefox is closed and then reopened, a message indicates that firefox is already running (in the background) and restart the computer.

  the window closes normally, then when I open it I get a message that Firefox is still running. I open the Task Manager and it does not appear in the application tab, but appears in the processes tab, where I "end process" I'd appreciate any help. Thank you

  See "hang out":

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs

  See "Firefox crashes when you exit it:

  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+hangs