I had the exact same problem on WinXP. I had to completely remove FF, manually deleting reg keys and files/folders.
For some reason, FF flaked-out and would not die when I closed the program. I never figured out the cause. I agree with the shit of adding all those search engines. I'm sick to death of marketers. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 4:17 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Firefox has become unstable. I have recently started having difficulty with my Firefox. When I close it, it does not completely stop. A firefox.exe process is still running. As long as the process is hanging around I can not open Firefox again. So far, I've been manually stopping the process with the Task Manager. This then allows me to open a new instance. This problem has existed through two complete un-installs and re-installs. I've done a moticum of searching on this, and have not found any good leads. Anybody here know where I could possible find new information. This seems to have started when I had the adacity to remove the Yahoo Tool bar that I did not remember installing and did not desire. This may have been coincidence, but I'm supicious. Win Server 2000 Firefox 1.0.2 -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202045 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54

