Why won't windows xp disk check complete until firefox cache is cleared?

Windows disk check with the fix unchecked is handy to use as a quick way to verify the disk is ok without a restart. Some time back, it started always stopping in phase 2 (index verification) with the "windows cannot complete the disk check". Running it with the fix box checked (which of course requires a restart) it ran. But I got the same result immediately after running the repair.I had set the problem aside but today started googling the problem and found a site where someone discovered that clearing the Firefox cache fixed this. Well, that seemed pretty stupid and unlikely to me, but I figure I had little to lose but time.
Well what do you know? Clearing the Firefox cache allowed the check to complete properly!
Question: Why is this? This implies that something of Firefox is running even when Firefox is not "running". Are we locking sectors somehow? Is the cache marked in some way that stops the disk check? Inquiring mind(s) want to know!
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Chris

Does this also happen when you boot Windows in Safe Mode in case other software keeps a handle on that folder?
Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test.
*http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-start-windows-in-safe-mode/
Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
All these programs have free versions.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
*Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
*AdwCleaner: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
*SuperAntispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
*Microsoft Safety Scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
*Windows Defender: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-defender
*Spybot Search & Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
*Kasperky Free Security Scan: http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
*Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller: http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
See also:
*"Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware

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