-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jason Spatafore wrote: | On Tuesday 03 May 2005 23:36, Tom Jones wrote: | |>IIRC, the flashing red means that the file the link is pointing to no |>longer exists. | | | I had a problem with my browser once with such a lock. In this case, I don't | believe it was broken link but a locked file. You can forcefully remove it | but it will probably return when you re-open firefox. It has to do with the | user profiles and, most-likely, is the default profile lock. (So you don't | have to select a profile every time you open firefox.) | | I deleted mine and it came back after I opened firefox. So, hope that gives | some explanation. | That's basically how locks work. Their purpose is to tell other programs (or a new instance of the same program) that "this file is in use." When the program that placed the lock is closed it removes the lock. If the program does shut down cleanly (i.e. crashes) then the lock isn't removed and when you restart the program it checks for a lock, finds the old one and complains. Dennisk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCeaOlTUgKy1IqesYRAmK6AJ9LbHChHJmCY3SYgub6AVw/soKzCQCfZoBz b4rQOPdQ5r9lwMCsPomPQNA= =EXGA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss