Firefox process stays open when i close firefox on vista

whenever i close firefox on vista on my laptop it stays open in the process. i have to manually go to task manager, kill the process and then open firefox again if i want to use it. it also kills all of the memory while the process is still there

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

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It downloads version 4.1 - but does not install it and always shows this as Firefox 4.0 - Yahoo edition. Moreover the tabs open when I close firefox do not open when I start next. edit
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Download the official version of Firefox 4.0.1 here: 
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Then un-install that Yahoo branded version and install the official version.

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After around 30min of having FF open when I close a tab a message pops up:
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*bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Crash_Reporter
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Mozilla+Crash+Reporter
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*Download the full Firefox installer and save the file to the desktop https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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