Is Firefox supposed to load in the background at startup?

This just started yesterday. I haven't done anything different with my computer/settings. After my computer starts up, clicking on an icon to go to a program, etc The program won't load and I get an error message about Firefox running in the background. According to Windows it's using 187,688k of memory and there's 4 plug-in containers that are running also. I don't remember seeing there plug-in containers in this window before. If I shut down my computer completely, restart, then everything's OK. What can I do to fix this problem. Thanks for your help.

Are you using Clear Recent History to clear the cookies when you close Firefox?
*Tools > Options > Privacy : History: [X] Clear history when Firefox closes > Settings
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
Firefox may not have closed properly the previous time.
Use "Firefox/File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit") to close Firefox if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the title bar.
See also:
*"Hang at exit": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
* "Firefox hangs when you quit it": https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+hangs

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