What does it mean when the message says " Firefox is running but not responding, in order to use Firfox, close open progams or restart your computer

I can not find Mozilla or Firefox on the taskbar as open programs so I can not close it? . I end up re starting mu computer .?? What am i doing wrong?
thanks for your help

It is often possible to find and kill processes even if not on a taskbar. You will be looking for firefox.exe . I use Windows XP pro and could use the Taskkill command or TaskManager, other OS will have similar facilities .
See
*[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491009.aspx MS link]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_%28command%29 Wiki kill]
Another [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/770309 thread] suggests deleting profile.ini may solve similar problems, in some cases (but be careful; you are likely to loose information)

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