Parent.lock (Mozilla)

Whenever I try to delete parent.lock to make mozilla work again



Dont mind my bad...BAD *MOUSE*Writing.

How do i fix this?

If i cant fix this how should i go about fixing mozilla



(I DO NOT want to make a new profile.)

 

Welcome to the Forum PapaKilla!

PappaKilla,

Are you trying to deleting parent.lock with Firefox open?
Did you check the Task List to see if Firefox is listed?
Have you tried rebooting your system when you get the "Firefox is already running" dialogue?

If the answer is yes to these 3 questions:

Open the profiles.ini file in Notepad The file is located here:
C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox
The below example is similar to what your file should contain:

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=pappakilla
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/abcd1234.pappakilla
Default=1

 

Okay i got it.
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/b7bwm328.default



What now?

 

pappakilla,

Were you trying to delete parent.lock with Fx open?

Still not working? O.K., try this:

The User Agent Switcher extension could be the problem. The problem may have been caused by leaving User Agent Switcher switched to IE. Open Firefox in Safe mode and then switch the User Agent back to Firefox.

If disabling IE doesn't help:
Exit Firefox
Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to the *.slt folder
Delete the entire Cache folder
Delete the history.dat file
Delete the XUL.mfl file
(Firefox will rebuild the folder and files on restart.)
Check the Firewall to ensure Firefox has permission to access the Internet.

If you have installed any extensions recently:

Start Firefox in safe mode
If this works, try uninstalling (or just disabling) the extensions you've installed recently

Next: try starting Firefox in normal mode

 

FF doesnt work on safe mode either.
How do i disable IE?>

 

PappaKilla,

I really think you should create a new Profile, even tho you don't want to...

One other step you might try first:
Rename the prefs.js file in your *.slt folder to Xprefs.js

If this doesn't work, then I'm fresh out of ideas, other than a new Profile.

 

Thanks for the help... Im way tooo lazy to find my slt *EMO PHRASE* folder so ill make a new account and use that one....any ideas on how to share folders with that account and not my computer as a whole? I have more people using the computer I DO NOT want to see my files

 

PappaKilla,

You can use a Master Password for your Profile. Tools | Options | Security