[debodun]

Firefox v104.0.2. Has happened every day the past 3 days after I've had the browser on for about 2 hours.

 

I have to close Firefox, but it shows it is still running in Task Manager, so I have to manually end the process there. After that, when I try to re-start Firefox, it takes about a minute to appear, them the HD light stays on for about another minute.

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Get to a CMD prompt and type:

 

taskkill /f /im firefox.exe

 

and press [Enter] to close all firefox windows.

 

Then type:

 

exit

 

and press [Enter] to close the CMD window.

[SpywareDr]

Get to a CMD prompt and type:

 

taskkill /f /im firefox.exe

 

and press [Enter] to close all firefox windows.

 

Then type:

 

exit

 

and press [Enter] to close the CMD window.

[debodun]

Apparently I didn't phrase the question correctly to the answer I expected. The problem isn't as much closing the browser as it is why it's hanging. However, I cleared my history and deleted cookies of sites visited once or haven't in months. So far, so good. I'm keeping my pixels crossed.

[SpywareDr]

If you start Firefox in Safe Mode then all extensions are disabled. To do this on Windows,

• get to a CMD prompt. Type:
  
  

  taskkill /f /im firefox.exe

  
  press [Enter] (which will slam all open Firefox windows shut), then close the CMD window.
   
• While holding down the [Shift] key, double-click on the Firefox desktop shortcut.

Now test Firefox. If it is working now, it was probably one of your extensions causing a problem.

(To get back into Firefox with all of your extensions loaded, simply start it as you normally do).


In Firefox, press [Ctrl][Shift][A] to quickly get to "Manage Your Extensions".

 

[debodun]

The only extension I have is UBlock Origin and the only plug-in enabled is Widevine Content Decryption Module. I haven't had any known problems with these so far.

[SpywareDr]

Got it. Software and/or hardware never change, so all should be great forever.