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Firefox 55 will not close using any available exit selection.

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Under Windows 10, I cannot exit Firefox 55 normally using any available exit option. Need to go to Task Manager to kill the process.

Under Windows 10, I cannot exit Firefox 55 normally using any available exit option. Need to go to Task Manager to kill the process.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
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Hi Ilabeck,

What happens when you click on the "X" button ?

It hangs or doesn't respond ?

Romain

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Use one of these to close Firefox if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the Firefox title bar.

  • "3-bar" menu button -> Exit (Power button)
  • Windows: File -> Exit
  • Mac: Firefox -> Quit Firefox
  • Linux: File -> Quit
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Clicking on the "X' button yields no response.

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As I mentioned , no exit method works. I had already tried the menu option.

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I have some 'legacy' add-ons running...wonder if one of them might be causing the problem? For example Session Manager 0.8.1

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Chosen Solution

Did you check that?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
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Running Firefox without any add-ons loaded results in normal exit functioning. Guess I will have to wait for legacy add-0ns to be updated.

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I have this issue, as well. I had it in 54xx. that stopped functioning. So, I downloaded 55.. and created a clean install. I clicked on the 3-bar and the exit button and it doesn't work. I click on the red x in the title bar. It doesn't work The only way it will close if I right click or left click on the icon in Windows 10 taskbar. I disabled the legacy ad-ons and still it won't close. I don't have this issue with any other app on my laptop.

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I had a similar problem to dc828shopper in that I could only close Firefox by individually closing each tab, or right-clicking Firefox on the taskbar and closing the window. In my case it was caused by the Tab Mix Plus extension. Fixed it by going to Tools/Tab Mix Plus Options/Session, and checking the "Use Firefox's built-in Session Restore feature" tick box.

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Bingo! Tizmasel has solved the problem for me as well. Thanks much!