Application will not close. I need help

I have an application on my Mac that will not close. No windows of the app are visible, and when I try to open a new window, nothing happens. If I secondary click then click quit, nothing happens. I want to update my software to 10.7.1, but I can't because the application will not close, therefore the computer will not restart. How can I delete or uninstall this application while it is open?

Have you gone to the apple menu and tried force quit?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3411

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