-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Thunderbird
- From: "Bundt, Albert E SGM RET" <albert.bundt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:35:11 -0800
it will not show Thunderbird as running...2nd page of Task Manager is
Processes.... down under thu ....it will show the Thunderbird Process
running but not the app on 1st page. I am assuming since the process is
running and not the app it thinks it is running and will only open 1 app
at a time.
On 11/27/2010 7:19 PM, recklessmaverick wrote:
> Unfortunately, Thunderbird was NOT running and was NOT listed in the
> Task Manager. The problem I was having is typically caused by a bad
> shutdown process that leaves the wrong file locked or by a corrupted or
> incorrect profile file.
>
> On 11/27/2010 9:54 PM, Bundt, Albert E SGM RET wrote:
>> If you get that command you can also. Bring up taskmaster....go to
>> process....end thunderbird process. Then it will reopen. I get this
>> sometimes the message....Thunderbird is already running ....so it won't
>> open.
>> On 11/27/2010 6:42 PM, recklessmaverick wrote:
>>> 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?
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