On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:14:18 -0500, Norvin <bluego...@prodigy.spam.net> wrote:
>JohnW-Mpls wrote: >> I just had a scare - could not run Seamonkey. Every time I tried, even >> right after a cold boot, I got a message like: "Seamonkey is already >> running. You need to shut it down or restart your machine". But, as >> though SM was a ghost, I had no place to go to shut it down. >> >> I spend a bit of time rebooting, Virus scanning, and even a full XP >> partition restore but the result was always the same. I started to prepare >> for a HD reformatting by saving some current files but when I went to save >> my SM profile, I could not find its whole directory - it had disappeared. >> >> I restored the whole profile directory from a backup and bang - SM is alive >> and well. I have no idea why or how the profile got deleted. >> >> My point: if you get an "SM already running" message, it may be a profile >> problem. >> >> >John, after power up and before any operation, check 'task manager' and >see if the SM process is running. > >Norvin, Rochester Yeah, shudda done that. For some reason, I don't think of, or use, Task Manager - and my daughter uses it all the time (she'll enjoy knowing about your comment). -- JohnW-Mpls _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
