Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

On Dec 1, 1:55*pm, John H wrote:
Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

John, I found this, you may want to give it a shot:

When Firefox runs into a problem while shutting down, it leaves a file
called "parent.lock" in the profile folder in your User Profile.
You'll need to delete this file in order really clean things up.

The best way to find that file since the path is really long, is to
just do a File Search, making sure to search in "Hidden Files and
Folders"

On Dec 1, 1:33*pm, Loogypicker wrote:
On Dec 1, 1:55*pm, John H wrote:

Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

John, I found this, you may want to give it a shot:

When Firefox runs into a problem while shutting down, it leaves a file
called "parent.lock" in the profile folder in your User Profile.
You'll need to delete this file in order really clean things up.

The best way to find that file since the path is really long, is to
just do a File Search, making sure to search in "Hidden Files and
Folders"

I've occasionally had that problem too. Thanks for the info, Loog.
I'll check it out.

On Dec 1, 2:59*pm, Tim wrote:
On Dec 1, 1:33*pm, Loogypicker wrote:



On Dec 1, 1:55*pm, John H wrote:

Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

John, I found this, you may want to give it a shot:

When Firefox runs into a problem while shutting down, it leaves a file
called "parent.lock" in the profile folder in your User Profile.
You'll need to delete this file in order really clean things up.

The best way to find that file since the path is really long, is to
just do a File Search, making sure to search in "Hidden Files and
Folders"

I've occasionally had that problem too. Thanks for the info, Loog.
I'll check it out.

You can also clear your "Prefetch" file in Windows.

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:33:52 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Dec 1, 1:55*pm, John H wrote:
Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

John, I found this, you may want to give it a shot:

When Firefox runs into a problem while shutting down, it leaves a file
called "parent.lock" in the profile folder in your User Profile.
You'll need to delete this file in order really clean things up.

The best way to find that file since the path is really long, is to
just do a File Search, making sure to search in "Hidden Files and
Folders"

Thanks for the tip, but the search, including the hidden files, didn't
turn up anything.
--

John H

On Dec 1, 3:16*pm, John H wrote:
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:33:52 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker





wrote:
On Dec 1, 1:55*pm, John H wrote:
Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

John, I found this, you may want to give it a shot:

When Firefox runs into a problem while shutting down, it leaves a file
called "parent.lock" in the profile folder in your User Profile.
You'll need to delete this file in order really clean things up.

The best way to find that file since the path is really long, is to
just do a File Search, making sure to search in "Hidden Files and
Folders"

Thanks for the tip, but the search, including the hidden files, didn't
turn up anything.
--

When it fails to close properly or crashes (hmm... same thing) it can
leave that file, but not always. As you see, Firefox won't re-open if
its process is still running, but after you close that process, it
will restart. If, after you close the process it *still* won't
restart, then check for that file and delete it. That's the
parent.lock file fix.

On Dec 1, 3:26*pm, Jack wrote:
On Dec 1, 3:16*pm, John H wrote:





On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:33:52 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker

wrote:
On Dec 1, 1:55*pm, John H wrote:
Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

John, I found this, you may want to give it a shot:

When Firefox runs into a problem while shutting down, it leaves a file
called "parent.lock" in the profile folder in your User Profile.
You'll need to delete this file in order really clean things up.

The best way to find that file since the path is really long, is to
just do a File Search, making sure to search in "Hidden Files and
Folders"

Thanks for the tip, but the search, including the hidden files, didn't
turn up anything.
--

When it fails to close properly or crashes (hmm... same thing) it can
leave that file, but not always. *As you see, Firefox won't re-open if
its process is still running, but after you close that process, it
will restart. *If, after you close the process it *still* won't
restart, then check for that file and delete it. *That's the
parent.lock file fix.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Jack...

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:29:29 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 1, 3:26*pm, Jack wrote:
On Dec 1, 3:16*pm, John H wrote:





On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:33:52 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker

wrote:
On Dec 1, 1:55*pm, John H wrote:
Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

John, I found this, you may want to give it a shot:

When Firefox runs into a problem while shutting down, it leaves a file
called "parent.lock" in the profile folder in your User Profile.
You'll need to delete this file in order really clean things up.

The best way to find that file since the path is really long, is to
just do a File Search, making sure to search in "Hidden Files and
Folders"

Thanks for the tip, but the search, including the hidden files, didn't
turn up anything.
--

When it fails to close properly or crashes (hmm... same thing) it can
leave that file, but not always. *As you see, Firefox won't re-open if
its process is still running, but after you close that process, it
will restart. *If, after you close the process it *still* won't
restart, then check for that file and delete it. *That's the
parent.lock file fix.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Jack...

Once I end the process, Firefox starts normally. I looked for the
parent.lock file, even in the hidden folders, but couldn't locate one.
I went to the site below, which gives some more tips. Hopefully one or
more will work.

http://tinyurl.com/6mbo9a

We'll see.

Maybe I just need a new, bigger, monitor. YEAH!
--

John H

On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:18:52 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:29:29 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 1, 3:26*pm, Jack wrote:
On Dec 1, 3:16*pm, John H wrote:





On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:33:52 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker

wrote:
On Dec 1, 1:55*pm, John H wrote:
Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

John, I found this, you may want to give it a shot:

When Firefox runs into a problem while shutting down, it leaves a file
called "parent.lock" in the profile folder in your User Profile.
You'll need to delete this file in order really clean things up.

The best way to find that file since the path is really long, is to
just do a File Search, making sure to search in "Hidden Files and
Folders"

Thanks for the tip, but the search, including the hidden files, didn't
turn up anything.
--

When it fails to close properly or crashes (hmm... same thing) it can
leave that file, but not always. *As you see, Firefox won't re-open if
its process is still running, but after you close that process, it
will restart. *If, after you close the process it *still* won't
restart, then check for that file and delete it. *That's the
parent.lock file fix.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Jack...

Once I end the process, Firefox starts normally. I looked for the
parent.lock file, even in the hidden folders, but couldn't locate one.
I went to the site below, which gives some more tips. Hopefully one or
more will work.

http://tinyurl.com/6mbo9a

We'll see.

Maybe I just need a new, bigger, monitor. YEAH!

One thing you might try, John, just as a quick process-of-elimination
exercise is to rename the firefox executable to something like
firefox_1.exe to determine how it behaves with the new name. If it
behaves normally with the new name (closes normally), you might try
running a program called Malwarebytes, if you haven't already to check
for malware or rootkits. (Malwarebytes is available in a functional
freeware version.) Just a thought.

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On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:37:56 -0600, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:18:52 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:29:29 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 1, 3:26*pm, Jack wrote:
On Dec 1, 3:16*pm, John H wrote:





On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:33:52 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker

wrote:
On Dec 1, 1:55*pm, John H wrote:
Lately and often when I try to open Firefox I'll get a window saying
Firefox didn't close and can't be opened. Then I have to hit ctrl alt
del to end the process.

Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
--

John H

John, I found this, you may want to give it a shot:

When Firefox runs into a problem while shutting down, it leaves a file
called "parent.lock" in the profile folder in your User Profile.
You'll need to delete this file in order really clean things up.

The best way to find that file since the path is really long, is to
just do a File Search, making sure to search in "Hidden Files and
Folders"

Thanks for the tip, but the search, including the hidden files, didn't
turn up anything.
--

When it fails to close properly or crashes (hmm... same thing) it can
leave that file, but not always. *As you see, Firefox won't re-open if
its process is still running, but after you close that process, it
will restart. *If, after you close the process it *still* won't
restart, then check for that file and delete it. *That's the
parent.lock file fix.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Jack...

Once I end the process, Firefox starts normally. I looked for the
parent.lock file, even in the hidden folders, but couldn't locate one.
I went to the site below, which gives some more tips. Hopefully one or
more will work.

http://tinyurl.com/6mbo9a

We'll see.

Maybe I just need a new, bigger, monitor. YEAH!

One thing you might try, John, just as a quick process-of-elimination
exercise is to rename the firefox executable to something like
firefox_1.exe to determine how it behaves with the new name. If it
behaves normally with the new name (closes normally), you might try
running a program called Malwarebytes, if you haven't already to check
for malware or rootkits. (Malwarebytes is available in a functional
freeware version.) Just a thought.

Come to think of it, I have left my portable firefox renamed to
firefoxportable_1.exe. Haven't had issues for quite some time.

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