When I close and restart, I can't open Firefox 4 without running the install program again.

I downloaded Firefox 4. It works fine. If I close it I can reopen it by clicking the desktop icon. But when I restart the PC (running Vista business 2007) the icon doesn't work. I get an error message. I need to re-run the installation program every time I restart my PC. Can you fix this?

You get message "firefox is still running" and computer restart doesn't help you. Try the advice below.
Make sure Firefox isn't running (end firefox.exe process in Task Manager or restart computer)
Find your profile folder
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default
find file "parent.lock" in it and delete it (the file is empty, its function is to signify to Firefox whether it's already open or not).
Then try to open Firefox again. Will it start or not? What will it say?

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