rocks1985 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 hey, whenever i try to start firefox, i get the following message. but when i check the task manager, there is no firefox process already running and i have tried restarting my computer. any suggestions on how to get firefox up and running? thanks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/454796-firefox-wont-open/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 ctrl+shift+escape (opens task manager) click the processes tab press "f" (no quotes) untill you find "firefox.exe) right click on firefox.exe click "end process" confirm the termination (Press "yes" or something, maybe "ok", forgot) done. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/454796-firefox-wont-open/#findComment-587440173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocks1985 Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 ctrl+shift+escape (opens task manager) click the processes tab press "f" (no quotes) untill you find "firefox.exe) right click on firefox.exe click "end process" confirm the termination (Press "yes" or something, maybe "ok", forgot) done. but that's the thing...even under the processes tab, there is no firefox.exe running Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/454796-firefox-wont-open/#findComment-587440198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 i had this happen once, real annoying because it wasnt in task manager, try restarting first, if it still doesnt work backup your profile and delete the profile folder I think thats what fixed it for me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/454796-firefox-wont-open/#findComment-587440204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 You sure that Firefox is not shown in Process viewer? Really sure? Click the "Image Name" header in the process viewer and it will sort all processes by ABC. Scroll down until you see F. Firefox should be around there. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/454796-firefox-wont-open/#findComment-587441608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik05 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 if u havnt upgraded to the latest firefox, u might wanna do that, cuz i used to have the same problem until i upgraded... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/454796-firefox-wont-open/#findComment-587441638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Champ Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 but that's the thing...even under the processes tab, there is no firefox.exe running instead of firefox.exe may be mozilla.exe is runnin :sleep: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/454796-firefox-wont-open/#findComment-587441782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova_00 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 its probabl talkback.exe that is stuck open, either that or you are running trunk version and using the perl script to analyze crash data and you also have thunderbird open which is still using the nspr.log and that is causing the problem :) but I bet its the first part. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/454796-firefox-wont-open/#findComment-587443039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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