Firefox will not quit on mac os x

Hi I'm using macbook with mac os X 10.6.4 installed.
Whenever i'm trying to quit the Firefox application, it never quits even if I wait few hours. I always have to forse quit it.
Please help.
Thank you in advance.
David.

Hi JrTrainerd,
Do you have any other Adobe software installed on your machine. Please enable root account and try to launch Dreamweaver: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528 and let us know if still the same issue.
Regards,
Romit Sinha

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