I can only quit firefox by using force quit, why?

When another program is updating and requires Firefox to quit. It will only quit by force quit.

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*'''Firefox button -> File -> Exit '''
Are you doing that ?
I suspect what may be happening is Firefox is hanging as it closes down.
* see [[Firefox hangs or is not responding - How to fix#w_firefox-hangs-when-you-quit-it]]_firefox-hangs-when-you-quit-it
* this explains how to check & if necessary kill the process [["Firefox is already running but is not responding" error message - How to fix it#w_end-firefox-processes]]_end-firefox-processes
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*use '''Firefox button -> Help -> Troubleshooting Information <br /> -> [Show Folder]'''
*see [[Profiles - Where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other user data]]
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* see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs#Multiple_sessionstore.js_files

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Ok,
I have latest updated version of firefox.
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I opened my extensions, and all are disabled, except ADBLOCK.
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow (3)
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doesn't matter what website I am on or what I am doing

This problem persists with Firefox 3.6.16.
Moreover, force quit itself, via cmd-opt-esc, may fail.
As of last night, I was able to force quit via Activity Monitor.
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Could+not+initialize+the+browser+security+component
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