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More info: questions to troubleshoot Firefox in Safe Mode. It is a standard diagnostic tool to disable some advanced features of Firefox and extensions. You are able to start Firefox in Safe Mode or start the Profile Manager? I even uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox. I did everything on the other forums and it did not help. I get a 'Firefox is already running, but does not.' message. I am using a HP desktop computer with Vista Home premium.

I get a message 'Firefox is already running but is not responding.'. 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. You use the Profile Manager to restore an existing profile or create a new profile.Ī '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.

#Firefox not responding a lot software#

You can have security software that preventing to change the Firefox file. Sounds that the profiles.ini was corrupted when you remove the old default profile and adding the new profile. 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. The folder of Firefox that my profile is 'Read only' is, but I can't not to change cela.

(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. However, these files were just 'parent.lock' not ''. (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. (1) Ther' are no Firefox.exe in my task manager, nor is there a process plugin-container. I found this and tried to work through it, but it doesn't seem to help. 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). Then a small window pops up, saying it was cleaning of Firefox.

#Firefox not responding a lot registration#

A short message popped up on the registration of passwords, bookmarks, etc. Because the other option seemed worse than the reset, and Firefox Reseting seemed relatively painless, I clicked OK. I started Firefox earlier today and received a message about a problem with Firefox and he had to be reset. Thunderbird doesn't start and gives this message in a message windowįirefox is already running but is not responding? Simple answers don't seem to work To open a new window, you must close the current Thunderbird process, or restart your system. Thunderbird is already running but is not responding. John.I cannot give other details that it has become very annoying I tried everything the internet suggested but it continues to wreak havoc. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. Firefox is already running but is not responding. I keep having a problem with this error message.

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Firefox crashes or does not - how to fix.

Error message 'Firefox is already running but is not responding' - how to fix.

The problem and the solutions are explained in the articles: It is also worth watching for the plugincontainer.exe. Search the firefox process firefox.exe and kill him with for example the Task Manager. I had a computer scientist to try everything, and we cannot on it to open it.

#Firefox not responding a lot windows 7#

I installed FF on my new computer, Windows 7 Toshiba, I get the message Firefox is already running but is not responding. I have message handler Firefox is already running but is not responding.