306884 - Firefox process doesn't consistently quit on Windows 2K

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[willetta]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

I believe I've seen this reported on NT, but this is real problem for me on
Windows 2000.  I'm using Windows 2K 5.00.2195 Service Page 4.  After opening and
closing 2 or more Firefox windows Windows keeps one or more copies of Firefox
running as a process.  Consequently, if I close all the Firefox windows on my
desktop I cannot restart the application.  

In order to clear the problem, I do a CRTL+ALT+DEL to bring up the Task Manager
and find the Firework.exe running on the process tab and kill it. Then it works
fine again.  



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run 2 or more Firefox windows.
2. Close all Firefox Windows.
3. Attempt to restart with desktop icon.



Expected Results:  
Firefox is not removing itself as an active process as do other programs. 

This problem was intermittent for a while, but now it is constant.

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Sounds like you have a bad extension or theme that's causing this. Do you see
this in safe mode?

Comment 2

[Jon Smith]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Sounds like you have a bad extension or theme that's causing this. Do you see
> this in safe mode?

I have the same problem with 2K and Firefox 1.5, but in safe mode, it's work fine.
Is there a way to know which extension cause that ?

Comment 3

[willetta]

The frequency of hangups is much less with Firefox 1.5 on W2K.  However, it still happens on rare occasion.  

Would not be surprised if this was a Microsoft antic.  

For example, I'm on the Google AdSense program and I promote the Firefox with Google link and it is supressed when viewing the page with the Opera browser. 

Comment 4

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

willetta, is this still happening with Firefox 2.0.0.14?

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.14/

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 6

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Resolving incomplete due to no response to comment #4