When i close firefox, i cant reload it

when I close Firefox, I cant reload it. I uninstalled it, keeping my personal things and passwords, and re-installed it, but it still wouldn't load. So, I uninstalled it completely, and re-installed it. This allowed me to load it, so I thought I fixed it. Wrong. when I closed it and rebooted my computer, I found I couldn't load it. When I double-click the icon, I get the hourglass like it's loading, but it doesn't load. When i push (ctrl+alt+del), i see it in the processes list. If I try several times to load it, it will show up on that list several times. I use windows XP Pro.

See "Hang at exit":
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+hangs

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