[ NOTE: As I wrote this, I figured out the fix, so consider this just a documentation post ;^) ]
Okay, so I'm running Mozilla on this WinXP laptop. Suddely, (probably due to the fact that the laptop died due to battery drain) Mozilla is refusing to launch! I get a "Select User Profile" dialog. The only available profile is "default", but when I click "Start Mozilla" it yells at me: Mozilla cannot use the profile "default" because it is in use. Please choose another profile or create a new one. Well, I don't want to create a new profile, and I certainly don't want to delete my existing profile (and lose my bookmarks). What do I do!? I imagine there's some "lockfile" somewhere that didn't get erased when the machine died. (Mozilla sets itself up with a 'quicklaunch' thingy in the Windows taskbar, so even if the windows are all closed, I guess it still hangs around, and was running when the battery died.) I checked in the Mozilla profiles folder: C:\Documents ... \Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\szwg1x8u.slt\ and found a "parent.lock" file, but was unable to delete it. Finally, I did the three-finger salute and found a "MOZILLA.EXE" process sitting there, even though nothing was in the taskbar, and no quick-launch icon in the tray. I killed it, and "parent.lock" disappeared, and I was able to get back in. WHEW -bill! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got kids? Get Tux Paint! http://newbreedsoftware.com/bill/ http://newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech