Issues with closing Firefox in Windows 7

[Sleepy 1]

My apologies if this is posted in the wrong section.

I'm having problems closing Firefox in Windows 7.
It appears that the program is always still running in the background and uses large quantities of CPU usage.
I always have to stop the program in Task Manager or reboot before it will open again.
Does anyone have any suggestions or a possible fix please?

Many thanks in advance

 

[severedsolo]

can i ask what version of firefox your running? this was a common issue in 3.5.4 (and 3.5.5 i think....) but the latest version, 3.6 seems to have eliminated it entirely,

 

[Sleepy 1]

Yes sorry I forgot to mention.I'm using the latest 3.6 version.

 

[severedsolo]

hmm... as i said this problem seems to have gone away for me in 3.6... well a quick google produced these links dont know if they are any help to you

doesn't shut down properly, firefox.exe is still running. also, can't open a new window from file menu. but can open new tab
Firefox exe is always running
Firefox is already running but is not responding
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+hangs#Hang_at_exit

also there is mention of disabling any toolbars you may have installed which could be interfering,

sorry i cant be of more help

 

[Sleepy 1]

hmm... as i said this problem seems to have gone away for me in 3.6... well a quick google produced these links dont know if they are any help to you

doesn't shut down properly, firefox.exe is still running. also, can't open a new window from file menu. but can open new tab
Firefox exe is always running
Firefox is already running but is not responding
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+hangs#Hang_at_exit

also there is mention of disabling any toolbars you may have installed which could be interfering,

sorry i cant be of more help

Many thanks for those tips my friend.
I suddenly realised that some weeks ago I installed a Winamp toolbar, so the first thing I tried was uninstalling it and lo and behold the problem now appears fixed.

Thanks again

 

[severedsolo]

glad you got it fixed, happy to help