Wen i close firefox using win 7, and restart it, i get a box that says it is already running and to close it before using--but it wort close and the same thing keeps happening. what is wrong--previous versions on vista did,nt do this?
if i open firefox and use it, when i get to last window and close it, if i try to reopen it, it says already open and to close pages but it will not close--the same box keeps coming back
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== first time i loaded it onto new computer with win 7 64 bit
Firefox v 3.6.3 running Win 7 Home premium. About every 6th or 7th time I go to open Firefox from my desktop I receive the same msg as the original poster receives. I must restart to clear up the problem. When I select restart it states a forced shutdown is required and asks if I want to proceed. I click yes, the computer restarts and problem is fixed until the next occurrence.
My thanks for any assistance that may be available.
If you require a screenshot let me know, please include instructions on how to do this though.
Similar Messages
-
when i go to install creavtive cloud it says check the connection, try again but however my connection is fine and i've tried my friends connection and the same thing keeps happening HELP!!!
Sign in, activation, or connection errors | CS5.5 and later
Mylenium -
My new IPAD 2.0 keeps freezing on the current application. When I hit the button on the IPAD it does not go back to the icon "desktop"....I have restarted several times and reset my settings and it is still happening. HELP.
You'll have more success getting an answer to your questions, if you post them in the appropriate discussion board....
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipod/ipod_touch -
I bought garage band from the app store and downloaded it to my mac mini. When i try to open a screen comes up explaining i need to down load missing files. I do this but when try to open GB again the same thing keeps happening! Can anyone help.
Thanks
Hugh LockwoodHi, Hugo,
In similar cases it helped to remove the GarageBand "Preferences" file from the User Library.
Open the folder
your home folder > Library > Preferences
and move the file "com.apple.garageband.plist" to the Desktop.
Then try again to launch GarageBand.
Regards
Léonie -
My iphone 4s turns off and restarts itself a few seconds or minutes after when I establish a FaceTime call. I've tried "Restore iPhone" from iTunes but the same thing keeps happening. Any solution?
Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings
Also, if this only happens with one Wi-Fi network, power cycle that Wi-Fi router.
Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new). Try each of these in order. -
Recently updated Itunes to 10.7 and when I try running it, it ends up freezing my computer and never opening. I uninstalled it and then reinstalled it, and the same thing has happened. I don't know what to do.
I am experiencing the same issue , feels very annoying . By the way I using a Windows system but that should not matter.
-
I disabled my iPhone 4 and while doing a restore via iTunes, it is downloading and timing out so the download is not completing. any idea how to get past that? I have tried many times and the same error keeps happening.
You need to force the phone into recovery mode, as described here, & restore it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
Sorry, you've already lost all data on your phone. -
Question
When I click on the download button the box with Run or save comes up then disappears before I can click on it. Then nothing happens. I have tried this numerous times the same thing keeps happening> editMaybe these will help:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17677533#17677533
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18324129#18324129
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18203126#18203126 -
Just as above. I was running firefox earlier and exited. hours later, I try to access it again, and I get a box that says"firefox is already running. in order to open a window, you must close the program or restart your system." There is nothing on my computer to show that it is running, and I have no way to close it, so I have to restart my computer. This has happened too often now.
Hope you can come up with an answer.
ThanksJust as above. I was running firefox earlier and exited. hours later, I try to access it again, and I get a box that says"firefox is already running. in order to open a window, you must close the program or restart your system." There is nothing on my computer to show that it is running, and I have no way to close it, so I have to restart my computer. This has happened too often now.
Hope you can come up with an answer.
Thanks -
when i active my mac pro all i get is a white screen and it loading and when it fully load its turn off , and it keep on doing the same thing for hours
Hi Shahenaz,
It's a little difficult to understand exactly what's going on with your mac based on the description you gave. Is there anything else you could add? Is it stuck in a reboot loop? Or is it just showing a white screen forever?
I had pretty much the same problem a few days ago, and was worried my mac was screwed permanently, but I got it fixed up no problem!
Follow these steps to try and troubleshoot/fix the problem.
1. Boot into OSX Recovery Mode
First, turn off your Mac. If it isn't responding, or is stuck in a reboot loop, just hold down the power button until it turns off, and you hear the fans stop. Then boot it while holding the Command and R keys. If it successfully boots into OSX Recovery Mode, continue with this step. If not, skip to step two. (My Mac couldn't successfully boot into the recovery mode, so I had to go to step 2)
Select "Disk Utility" from the list of options, and find your built in hard drive from the list on the left. Usually there are two listings/names for your drive. The first should be something like "500GB longchainoflettersnumbers Media". Then the one below will be a little easier on the eyes, named Macintosh HD, if you haven't changed its name. That's the one you want, click it.
Now go to the "First Aid" tab. Click on the "Verify Disk" button in the bottom right corner, and let it do its thing. Once that's done, hit repair disk, also in the bottom right corner. If your disk is corrupted, you may need to run the repair process several times, before it comes up completely clean.
Once this is done, select Shut Down from the Apple menu and, once your Mac is completely off, turn it back on like normal. If it works, great. If not, proceed to step two.
2. SafeBoot
Sometimes, when a mac is acting up and doesn't want to start, all it takes is a safe boot, followed by a regular restart. Or maybe you recently installed a program that either has malicious or errored coding that's causing your troubles. This is where Safe Boot comes in.
Turn off your mac, and reboot it while holding Shift. (If you want to see the process that's going on in the background, boot while holding Shift, Command, and V. This will enter something called Verbose Mode).
If it boots successfully into Safe Mode, great. If you believe that there's a particular program that you recently downloaded that might be causing your trouble, now's the time to delete it. If not, just reboot normally and see if it works! If it doesn't, or if your Mac didn't even Safe Boot like mine, proceed to step 3.
3. Fsck!
For this step, you're going to be booting your mac into Single User Mode. I'm not going to go into details as to what this step does, but it works for some people. Here are the steps.
Turn off your mac, and reboot it while holding Command and S. The screen should go black, and you'll see some white text run across the screen, wait a few seconds, until you see the command prompt. Now type
fsck -fy
and hit the Enter key. This will run a series of system checks, which could take a few minutes. Be patient on this part. Once it's done, it will show one of two messages:
1. "The volume (your Mac) appears to be OK
or
2. "File System Was Modified"
If you got message 1, type reboot and press Return. Hopefully your computer works after this - if not, proceed to step 4.
If you got message 2, run the same command again until you get message 1. If it doesn't seem to be working, turn off your system and proceed to step 4.
If you couldn't even boot into Single User Mode in the first place (like me), go to step 4 anyways.
Step 4: Reset the NVRAM
The NVRAM is another kind of RAM that stores data like the computer volume you had set before you turned it off, or the screen brightness, resolution etc. This memory is saved, unlike with regular RAM. Resetting it isn't harmful to your system, it will just put your screen brightness, volume, etc. to defaults.
Turn off your Mac, and reboot while holding Command, Option, P, and R, and continue holding them down until you hear the computer restart again.
I can't really explain why to do this step, I just know it works for some people, and seems to be what unbricked my MacBook Pro. If none of these steps, fixed your Mac, well the situation is looking pretty grim. Try setting up a meeting with a Mac Genius at your local Apple store. However, I know that many other people with these symptoms ended up having a logic board failure. Apple can swap out your logic board for a new one, but the price is pretty hefty, somewhere around $300 I believe.
Well I wish you luck, I hope this helped you! -
How do you repair disk defragmentation on an imac? I tried with Drive Genius 3 and after completion the same defrag keeps showing up.
Disk fragmentation and particularly whether it can be fixed, is very controversial. The following thread is worth reading:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3327627?start=0&tstart=0
I think it's true that disks can become fragmented, and this can affect performance. However it is also said that the OS X file system attempts to address this issue in the background all the time, apparently for certain sizes of files in particular.
In my experience the biggest problem is actually lack of disk space. If you don't have a fair amount of free space on your drive, tinkering with the fragments won't help much if your system needs to create a swap file or do some other maintenance. So my recommendation is that you follow the advice to clone and re-create your drive, but if you have limited free space, consider upgrading the disk or the entire computer in the longer term.
Hope that's helpful.
Ivan -
I have windows 7 on dell laptop. I am working on a Word Document and want to go to a diff window for some information. I click on the FF icon on my desktop and get a message that says...FF is already running but is not responding. To open a new window, you must close the existing ff process or restart your system..how do you close the existing ff process?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== I got my new dell laptop four weeks ago with window 7 installedSee https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+is+already+running+but+is+not+responding
-
The download appears to work ,it extracts the files then a box comes up saying I can't run it as this user( with the name of my login),. gives me the option to check my login name or check administer with a password. I have tried both, I am the only administer on the computer. Using windows vista. I have searched and some of the things like turorials etc are on my computer but I can't get the actual browser to open and there is no shortcut for firefox. Currently I am using IE since chrome kept freezing up, so does IE.
Can you give me a screenshot of the User Accounts window in Control Panel?
Please create a screenshot by following the guide mentioned at [[How do I create a screenshot of my problem?]].
Once you've done this, attach the saved screenshot file to your forum post by clicking the '''Browse...''' button below the ''Post your reply'' box. You really help us to visualize the problem. -
When I open my airport utility it detects the time capsule, but when I set everything up (name, choose the internet connection, etc) it takes a minutes, says waiting for time capsule... And then "an unexpected error occured, please try again". I tried 10 times, the same thing keeps happening... On top of that the orange light keeps blinking as soon as i turn it on. Tried to reset it also. Doesn't change a thing...
Sorry you have had such a bad first impression..
Is the ipv6 turned on? This was an after thought as they seem to have released both firmware and utility and woken up after the event to the fact they actually needed ipv6 on to manage it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4597
Otherwise I don't see what you are using to connect to the TC from the iMac.. is it wired or wireless??
Can I suggest you do the setup again.
This time use ethernet to the TC.. in full isolation from the network. And do the setup manually.
You may need to factory reset again.. sorry about that .. and start over.. only the Mac plugged into the TC.. nothing else.
You may need further help just post where you get up to and we can sort out what is happening from there.
This often works easier at the start from the airport utility in iphone or ipad if you have one. -
My iphoto library keeps becoming unreadable I have rebuilt it 4 times the same thing keeps happening.
With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a potential solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
what do you see when iPhoto opens?
what fixes have you tried?
where is your library located?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
what type of Mac?
how much free space on your boot drive?
OT
Maybe you are looking for
-
I'm really wanting to make room on my Mac Mini. I have about 70 gb left. I'm not sure what to do. I'm using Time Machine to regularly backup my computer and its already full and deleting older backups. I used to, in the past before Time Machine, ju
-
PLZ Help: how to get value of a request scoped Bean/Attribute in JSF ?!!!
hi, I noticed this part of code to retrieve session scoped beans/vars in an ActionListener or other jsf classes, but it does not work for request scoped beans/vars :( what's the problem then ? what shall i do ? Type var = (Type)Util.getValueBinding("
-
SRM-MDM-CAT How to map images in Groups
Dear all, can anybody please explain to me how I can map images in groups to articles? What I did yet: 1. Import Images from different suppliers into MDM. Each Supplier has his own image group. Am I right if I think the images in a group are unique?
-
Camera Roll not working properly
So I have two questions about the camera on the iPhone. The first is that when I take a picture it will appear centered, but when I go to view it in the camera roll it appears off center. Anyone having a situation similar? The other question I have i
-
Hi, Can anyone pass me a simple example showing how to use Events(Send,Receive & Raise) in workflow and also pass me any easy to understand document please. I have already read document comes with workflow but it has not help me. I will appreciate if