Mozilla default profile problem

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Author: Alan Dayley
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Subject: Mozilla default profile problem
On Saturday 11 January 2003 11:06, Alan Dayley wrote:
> I was plugging in some stuff and hit the power strip switch while my
> workstation was up. It killed the power to it. Well, Red Hat 8.0 uses=

the
> ext3 filesystem and all checks that I know came up fine. But..
>
> Now when I attempt to start Mozilla, which was open when the power was =

hit,
> it prompts me to create a new profile because the default profile is "i=

n
> use" even though Mozilla is not running right now. I don't know where =

to
> go to force the default profile back to not "in use." Anyone know how =

to
> accomplish this?
>
> Alan


If I just look for the answer before I post a question here, I would stop=
=20
answering my own questions!

I found the answer here:=20
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/csl/doc/faq/mozilla/index.html#removelock.faq

The lock file was in the default profile. Delete it and I am now good to=
go.

Alan