Firefox won't start

[paroots]

I've been running Firefox 3 Beta 5 for a few weeks on Vista Home Premium.
Just yesterday I started to get a message saying that Firefox couldn't be
started because it was already running. Kill the process or reboot. Upon
investigation in the Task Manager, Firefox is not running as an application
or process? Any ideas? This problem recently started.

 

[Alias]

I've been running Firefox 3 Beta 5 for a few weeks on Vista Home Premium.
Just yesterday I started to get a message saying that Firefox couldn't be
started because it was already running. Kill the process or reboot. Upon
investigation in the Task Manager, Firefox is not running as an application
or process? Any ideas? This problem recently started.

You're running a BETA product in a POS operating system like Vista? And
you're surprised that you're having problems? LOL!

Alias

 

[Mark]

You probably should uninstall the beta and install Firefox 2.0.0.14.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Mark

 

[paroots]

I can't go back since V3 has features I would miss! In any even it's been
running perfectly until yesterday. I believe something else happened in my
system; something probably got corrupted. I forgot to mention that I just
installed Comodo Firewall Pro and it's pretty aggressive. If nothing obvious
is mentioned, I'll just restore to a previous state with Acronis True Image
in which Firefox ran without issues (pre Comodo). I was hoping that these
symptoms might point to something obvious.

 

[Lenster]

I've been running Firefox 3 Beta 5 for a few weeks on Vista Home Premium.
Just yesterday I started to get a message saying that Firefox couldn't be
started because it was already running. Kill the process or reboot. Upon
investigation in the Task Manager, Firefox is not running as an application
or process? Any ideas? This problem recently started.

I had this same issue because FF could not find the profile directory.

Run profile manager and see where it is pointing to.

 

[Robert Pendell]

I've been running Firefox 3 Beta 5 for a few weeks on Vista Home Premium.
Just yesterday I started to get a message saying that Firefox couldn't be
started because it was already running. Kill the process or reboot. Upon
investigation in the Task Manager, Firefox is not running as an application
or process? Any ideas? This problem recently started.

This is a firefox issue. Ask on their forums for support.

BTW, What lenster said also had happened to me so it is worth looking into.

--
Robert Pendell
(e-mail address removed)

"A perfect world is one of chaos."

Thawte Web of Trust Notary
CAcert Assurer

 

[paroots]

Good idea about the FF forum. I'll check out the profile issue next time the
problem occurs. I've restored now so everything is happy once again. Thanks
for the ideas

 

[Canuck57]

I've been running Firefox 3 Beta 5 for a few weeks on Vista Home Premium.
Just yesterday I started to get a message saying that Firefox couldn't be
started because it was already running. Kill the process or reboot. Upon
investigation in the Task Manager, Firefox is not running as an
application
or process? Any ideas? This problem recently started.

If Firefox beta will not start, and you see the process in the "Process"
view, it is safe to kill the firefox.exe process. One killed it will
restart. I usually pick a new session when it restarts.

 

[paroots]

The strnge thing is that it doesn not show up in the Task Manager process
view so there is nothing to kill.

 

[kevpan815]

You Should Instead Try Running It On Open Source Linux Ubuntu 7.10 Release 2
Web, And/Or Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support Official Release
Candidate, Both Are Located At http://www.ubuntu.com/, An Open Source Web
Browser Works Much Better With An Open Source Operating System, Also Just FYI.

 

[kevpan815]

I Have No Problems At All Running Open Source Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 On
Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support Official Release Candidate,
Just FYI.

Message 4 Alias: Did You Notice My Previous Announcement That The Release 2
Web Version Of Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support Is Going 2
Ship With Open Source Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5? I Have Confirmed This By
Asking In The Ubuntu Forums, Also Just FYI.

 

[kevpan815]

You Should Instead Try Running It On Open Source Linux Ubuntu 7.10 Release
2
Web, And/Or Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support Official
Release
Candidate, Both Are Located At http://www.ubuntu.com/, An Open Source Web
Browser Works Much Better With An Open Source Operating System, Also Just
FYI.

I Made An Error. Only Retards Will Use Ubuntu. Just FYI. My Dad Just Came
Over And Hit Me With The Phonebook. Just FYI, He Said Kevin You Moron,
Only Retards Use Ubuntu. Just FYI. I Said Dad, I am A Retard. Just FYI..
He Said Of Course You Are But You Are Still My Idiot Son.

Just FYI

 

[kevpan815]

I Have No Problems At All Running Open Source Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 On
Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support Official Release
Candidate,
Just FYI.

I Have No Problem Running Firefox Because All I Do Is DoubleClick On The
Icon And Look At The Program. Just FYI. I Can't Do Anything With My
Computer Because I Am Not Smart Enough.

Just FYI

Ubuntu Is For Retards, Just FYI