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Why does the Firefox service stay active in the background?

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When closing Firefox, the service keeps running in the task manager. I can not reopen the browser unless i close the service manually.

I have deleted Firefox and reinstalled it, it didn't help.

When closing Firefox, the service keeps running in the task manager. I can not reopen the browser unless i close the service manually. I have deleted Firefox and reinstalled it, it didn't help.

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