Windows 10: When I Exit Firefox are All Residual Processes Shutdown?

...or do I need to do some extracurricular work? I use Chrome exclusively and even with the increased RAM now with each tab I do not plan on switching. I do not keep the OS regularly updated (still no way to independently update IE, right?) in fact I am also lax with security updates as well however I always keep Chrome up to date. My 2nd browser of choice is an older version of Firefox ESR 50.xx but I am now fearful that it can be a security hazard so I am going to download and install Firefox (used to be my favorite years ago) but I want to make sure that upon closing Firefox that all processes exit with it and that nothing is left running though if Services show something like Firefox updater is always running I am OK with that but when I close it down is it in fact banished so to speak from my system?TIA.

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Boot Process

Hi,

Please suggest me a link that can explain the boot process step by step of ...

• Windows 7,
• Windows 8.1,
• Windows 10,
• Windows Server 2008 R2 and
• Windows Server 2012 R2

With Regards

InTech

 

FireFox

That's why I suggested this for starters, for the issue you report:*Smile

Firefox - Profile in Use

Scroll down on that page to the "Solutions" section.
The easiest way is to open the Windows Task Manager and to kill the Firefox process from there.
If that does not work, then proceed to the next steps in that tutorial: remove the "profile lock" file, etc.

Please let us know how that goes.

Thanks,
MM

 

My pc takes for ever to shut down when i restart

Suggest cleaning up your startup list .There may be many services / Apps you can remove on startup which is not needed on boot or during shutdown.
Before you shutdown the Pc check what is running in Task Manager as a program or service in not killing the process on shutdown

Would suggest cleaning up running apps and services -Autoruns, StartupMonitor,HighjackThis,
Malware Scan - Malwarebytes,ADWcleaner, Combofix