Firefox freezes or does not go away when closed I need to use window task manager

In Windows 7 Firefox often freezes or will not go away even if I close it.
So far the only way to resolve this issues if it last is to close it with Windows Task Manager.
Which obviously means that if I was frozen I loose any other tab that is open

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs and [[Firefox hangs]] (Hang at exit)

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