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I am running Windows 7. Sometimes when I try to open Firefox, I get a message that says Firefox is already running. I check task manager, no Firefox running. Have to log off then back on.

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Windows 7, HP Pavilion dv3, Firefox version 4.0.1 (new 5 version freezes up often, had to use earlier version)

Windows 7, HP Pavilion dv3, Firefox version 4.0.1 (new 5 version freezes up often, had to use earlier version)

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1) You should update to Firefox 7.0.1

2) Is plugin-container.exe listed?

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I rolled back to version 5 and then 4 because version 7 was slow to load and would freeze up often. The original problem started before I upgraded to version 7. How do I check to see if plug-in container.exe is listed?

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Open Task Manager and look for an entry by the name of plugin-container.exe.

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The plug in is there