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firefox won't shut down

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When I close firefox ,it closes on screen ,but task manager shows it still running and doesn't shut down and I have too use end task to shut it down. WHY?

When I close firefox ,it closes on screen ,but task manager shows it still running and doesn't shut down and I have too use end task to shut it down. WHY?

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Try exiting Firefox via the 3-bar menu button -> Exit. I've found that using the close button in Firefox instead of the Exit button will leave a ghost Firefox in your Task Manager. Since I've started going the latter route, I haven't had this issue.

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How do I add close button to this?

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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/quit-firefox/ Quit Firefox Quit Firefox provides statusbar and Toolbar buttons to quickly shut down Firefox. It is especially useful for laptop users.


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.


Sometimes when FF is closing, not all of it shuts down properly.

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Moses said

Try exiting Firefox via the 3-bar menu button -> Exit. I've found that using the close button in Firefox instead of the Exit button will leave a ghost Firefox in your Task Manager. Since I've started going the latter route, I haven't had this issue.

Where is this button ,it's not in my 3 bar?

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tfinniii said

Moses said
Try exiting Firefox via the 3-bar menu button -> Exit. I've found that using the close button in Firefox instead of the Exit button will leave a ghost Firefox in your Task Manager. Since I've started going the latter route, I haven't had this issue.

Where is this button ,it's not in my 3 bar?

It's in the lower right corner, right next to the help menu (the '?').

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I'll try that next time I have to shut down,thanks.