I'm not sure exactly what fixed it as I was doing 2 or 3 things at once. It was caused when I simply copied the /profiles folder to a safe spot and then after a clean install of Win7 and reinstall of TBird I simply copied the folder back to where it should be.... forgetting that the new install would have a different profile name. To fix it I deleted the profiles.ini file, deleted all the profiles from the /profiles folder and then copied ONLY the /name.default folder from the old /profiles folder to the new /profiles folder, then rebooted and relaunched Tbird and everything worked. On 11/27/2010 7:08 PM, Sr. Dorothy Robinson wrote: > Reckless, > Could you please tell us how you solved it?.....in case someone else runs > across the same problem... 8^) > > thx, Sr. Dorothy > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 3:34 PM, recklessmaverick< > recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Never mind. Got it solved. >> >> On 11/27/2010 5:00 PM, Don wilcox wrote: >>> OK. Here's a new one.... >>> I backed up my Thubnderbird accounts and settings by copying the profile >>> folder to a safe location. I then did a clean install of Win7 and >>> re-installed Thunderbird and then copied the profile folder to the >>> appropriate location. On launch of Thunderbird I get an error message >>> saying that T'bird is already running and I need to close it or restart >> the >>> computer. It is not running and restarting the computer does not help. >> Any >>> ideas? >>> --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------