Closing and restarting firefox task manager reports firefox already running

When I exit firefox and later try to restart it without rebooting, task manager says it is already running and I have to close it before restarting. Task manager is reporting that 99% of its time is spent running Firefox.

See [[Firefox is already running but is not responding]], in your case it appears that Firefox is not closing properly, so the [[Firefox hangs#Hang at exit|Firefox hangs at exit]] article may be relevant.

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    See:
    * http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
    You can start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
    * Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
    * https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
    * [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]
    If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
    * Use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
    * Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")
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    1st problem see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls
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    :see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs#Hang_at_exit
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    :<b>Closing Firefox</b> ''(#close_firefox)'', avoid getting <b>Firefox already running</b> messages:&nbsp; To properly shutdown Firefox when multiple windows or closing the
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