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Imac g5 says thunderbird is open but it isn't. ???

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philgoldman
philgoldman
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Downloaded thunderbird for my old imac g5 10.5.8 and when I try to launch it it says a copy of thunderbird is already open. But it isn't. Restart, reload, redownload...nothing helps. Whats up?

Thanks for the help.

Phil

Downloaded thunderbird for my old imac g5 10.5.8 and when I try to launch it it says a copy of thunderbird is already open. But it isn't. Restart, reload, redownload...nothing helps. Whats up? Thanks for the help. Phil

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Zenos
Zenos
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Several suggestions here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use

The lock file is a common cause of this, particularly when a profile has been copied from one machine to another. Is that likely in your case?

philgoldman
philgoldman Question owner
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Thanks so much for reply. If you mean the file was locked it wasn't what's next???

Zenos
Zenos
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You didn't have any of the lock files mentioned in the linked article?