Firefox always displays "application busy" on close

[fb22]

Greetings all,

This is a minor annoyance, but I'm curious to know what's the cause. Every time I shut down Firefox, it doesn't close immediately and the message "Warning: This window might be busy and is not responding. Do you want to terminate the application?" pops up.

Regardless of whether you click "yes" or "no", the window closes.

Is it perhaps Google Toolbar sending info?

Cheers!

-FB

[exploder]

Is it perhaps Google Toolbar sending info?

That is most likely the case. The Google toolbar causes a lot of grief on Windows systems too.

[fb22]

Is it perhaps Google Toolbar sending info?

That is most likely the case. The Google toolbar causes a lot of grief on Windows systems too.

I disabled it and while the window closes faster, it still generates the error. Any suggestions?

Regards,

-FB

[RedWagon]

Here's a quick test to see if the problem is in your firefox configuration or if its something else on your system. Close firefox then run:

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mv .mozilla .mozilla-hide

This will move all firefox's configuration files to a different location so that firefox can't see them. Launch firefox again to see everything back at their defaults. If the problem stops then you know that the problem is caused by some add on or setting in firefox itself. If you still have the same problem, you have bigger issues.
If it does fix your problem and you aren't really attatched to your bookmarks and saved passwords you can just remove the .mozilla-hide directory and go on your merry way. If you want to restore everything, just close firefox again and run:

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rm -r .mozilla
mv .mozilla-hide .mozilla

this removes the default configs that firefox created when you launched it earlier and then moves your old configs back in place so firefox can see them again.

[fb22]

Here's a quick test to see if the problem is in your firefox configuration or if its something else on your system. Close firefox then run:

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mv .mozilla .mozilla-hide

Yep, that did the trick!

Thanks!

-FB