Profile in use: Revision history

24 March 2015

• curprev 11:0311:03, 24 March 2015‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 13,487 bytes +360‎ added other examples of Firefox messages to Intro

9 November 2014

• curprev 23:2123:21, 9 November 2014‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 13,127 bytes +17‎ updated note: Vista and above
• curprev 23:0923:09, 9 November 2014‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 13,110 bytes +526‎ added note about new "Close Firefox" dialog button in Firefox 34 on Windows; related bug 286355

12 August 2014

• curprev 10:3110:31, 12 August 2014‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 12,584 bytes +4‎ →‎Check the profile folder name and location: added link to new "profile cannot be loaded" article.

10 November 2013

• curprev 21:4521:45, 10 November 2013‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 12,580 bytes +166‎ "profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible" message
• curprev 21:4221:42, 10 November 2013‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 12,414 bytes +75‎ →‎Check the profile folder name and location: bug 278860 updated error message

30 December 2011

• curprev 00:0300:03, 30 December 2011‎ Dickvl talk contribs‎ 12,339 bytes −95‎ SUMO links

15 August 2011

• curprev 14:2514:25, 15 August 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 12,434 bytes +236‎ →‎Common causes: incorrect -profile <path> no longer causes an "already running" error due to fix for bug 531532

5 March 2011

• curprev 13:5213:52, 5 March 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 12,198 bytes +898‎ →‎Check the profile folder name and location: added back paragraphs removed in earlier edit since it's useful fro less technical users. Made new section, "Check the profiles.ini file"

4 March 2011

• curprev 23:3223:32, 4 March 2011‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ m 11,300 bytes +206‎ →‎Common causes

21 January 2011

• curprev 01:5301:53, 21 January 2011‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 11,094 bytes +202‎ Solutions - added create a replacement
• curprev 01:4601:46, 21 January 2011‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 10,892 bytes +489‎ Check the profile folder name and location - simplified the troubleshooting

13 December 2010

• curprev 17:0317:03, 13 December 2010‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 10,403 bytes +31‎ minor rewording, mentioned also occurs when no error message is displayed

2 October 2010

• curprev 11:0011:00, 2 October 2010‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,372 bytes +314‎ →‎Check the profile folder name and location: added another solution, using the Profile Manager to change profile folder location, with link to Moving your profile folder

5 September 2010

• curprev 20:2920:29, 5 September 2010‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,058 bytes +90‎ →‎Remove the profile lock file: added links for Windows 7 error-checking and wikipedia CHKDSK article

16 July 2010

• curprev 12:0412:04, 16 July 2010‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,968 bytes +52‎ →‎See also: Recovering a missing profile

1 March 2010

• curprev 21:2521:25, 1 March 2010‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 9,916 bytes +230‎ Profile on a file share

14 January 2010

• curprev 18:3818:38, 14 January 2010‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,686 bytes +10‎ No edit summary

28 November 2009

• curprev 13:5113:51, 28 November 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,676 bytes −21‎ better Mac reference
• curprev 13:4313:43, 28 November 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,697 bytes +3‎ No edit summary
• curprev 13:4113:41, 28 November 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 9,694 bytes +284‎ added Mac OS message to Intro

12 June 2009

• curprev 13:0613:06, 12 June 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,410 bytes +17‎ →‎Common causes: updated link
• curprev 12:5912:59, 12 June 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,393 bytes +1‎ →‎Common causes: typo

12 May 2009

• curprev 23:5223:52, 12 May 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,392 bytes −5‎ →‎Common causes: minor rewording
• curprev 12:5912:59, 12 May 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,397 bytes +17‎ →‎Common causes
• curprev 12:5512:55, 12 May 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,380 bytes −1‎ typo
• curprev 12:4712:47, 12 May 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 9,381 bytes +279‎ moved info about lock file under "Common causes", added bug report, other tweaks

23 April 2009

• curprev 20:1820:18, 23 April 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 9,102 bytes +426‎ →‎Indications that your profile is locked: added note about typing in an incorrect command line argument

6 February 2009

• curprev 06:0906:09, 6 February 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 8,676 bytes −1‎ →‎Restoring data from a locked profile: updated link; migrate -> transfer

28 January 2009

• curprev 01:1301:13, 28 January 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 8,677 bytes −31‎ →‎Indications that your profile is locked: entering exact error message for Firefox - see discussion

27 January 2009

• curprev 16:1116:11, 27 January 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 8,708 bytes −27‎ "See also": Removed '... never use -no-remote to start the "default" profile' and added it to the "Indications that your profile is locked" section.
• curprev 04:2804:28, 27 January 2009‎ Dmcritchie talk contribs‎ 8,735 bytes +155‎ →‎added Firefox use of -no-remote as trying to use two profiles could be the problem

30 October 2008

• curprev 03:2703:27, 30 October 2008‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 8,580 bytes +32‎ →‎See also

22 October 2008

• curprev 00:3500:35, 22 October 2008‎ Wsm talk contribs‎ m 8,548 bytes −1‎ nit

21 October 2008

• curprev 20:0120:01, 21 October 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 8,549 bytes +722‎ added "External links" with related SUMO article; placed "Causes" section content under "Related bug reports"
• curprev 15:1715:17, 21 October 2008‎ Wsm talk contribs‎ 7,827 bytes +315‎ add Thunderbird bug 382446

18 August 2008

• curprev 12:2312:23, 18 August 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 7,512 bytes +55‎ →‎Indications that your profile is locked: added bug 399108 on Fx3 delayed close
• curprev 00:5200:52, 18 August 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 7,457 bytes +234‎ →‎Check for other applications using the profile
• curprev 00:1400:14, 18 August 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 7,223 bytes −27‎ No edit summary
• curprev 00:1200:12, 18 August 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 7,250 bytes +127‎ updated for SeaMonkey 2

17 August 2008

• curprev 16:0116:01, 17 August 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 7,123 bytes +384‎ →‎Indications that your profile is locked: added Firefox 3 delayed shutdown but 407981 and mentioned missing profile

27 July 2008

• curprev 23:1523:15, 27 July 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 6,739 bytes +132‎ →‎End processes: linked to Firefox_hangs#Hang_at_exit for possible causes and solutions.

24 July 2008

• curprev 18:3018:30, 24 July 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 6,607 bytes −40‎ No edit summary
• curprev 18:1218:12, 24 July 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,647 bytes +26‎ →‎Indications that your profile is locked: added Close Firefox image

16 July 2008

• curprev 17:0117:01, 16 July 2008‎ Dickvl talk contribs‎ 6,621 bytes +488‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: added -no-remote

23 November 2007

• curprev 14:3514:35, 23 November 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,133 bytes +224‎ added "already running, but is not responding" to the top of the article

23 October 2007

• curprev 10:2610:26, 23 October 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 5,909 bytes −30‎ →‎Indications that your profile is locked: included exact error message. Mac OSX message is the same, per http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=13845

19 September 2007

• curprev 01:0801:08, 19 September 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 5,939 bytes +25‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: added suggestion to restart the computer

6 August 2007

• curprev 04:1104:11, 6 August 2007‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 5,914 bytes −830‎ Tried to simplify the article, it put too much emphasis on corner cases and the exact wording of the many different error messages.
• curprev 03:4003:40, 6 August 2007‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 6,744 bytes +245‎ reworded to make clear when the lock file normally exists

16 June 2007

• curprev 13:2513:25, 16 June 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 6,499 bytes +128‎ →‎Indications that your profile is locked: added Moz/SM "Tools -> Switch Profile" method; minor rewrite for Firefox/Tbird "already running" message

31 March 2007

• curprev 12:3612:36, 31 March 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,371 bytes −141‎ thought twice about my last edit and reverted part of it
• curprev 00:3900:39, 31 March 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,512 bytes +276‎ added Mac OS X 'Close Firefox' message; added that deleting the profiles.ini file will automatically create a new default profile

23 February 2007

• curprev 06:5906:59, 23 February 2007‎ Vl email talk contribs‎ 6,236 bytes +22‎ →‎Remove the profile lock file: Editing the text to make it stand out more.

30 January 2007

• curprev 18:1318:13, 30 January 2007‎ Domestic maniac talk contribs‎ 6,214 bytes +170‎ →‎Check the profile folder name and location

28 January 2007

• curprev 14:3914:39, 28 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 6,044 bytes −29‎ →‎Check the profile folder name and location: simplified a bit

16 January 2007

• curprev 01:5601:56, 16 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 6,073 bytes −126‎ →‎Indicators of a locked profile: simplified
• curprev 01:2801:28, 16 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,199 bytes +126‎ Background heading removed and content moved to Intro. Added "Indicators of a locked profile" section.

2 January 2007

• curprev 17:3917:39, 2 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 6,073 bytes +20‎ →‎Check the profile folder name and location: minor rewording, link to profiles.ini file

2 November 2006

• curprev 20:4820:48, 2 November 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 6,053 bytes −33‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: "End processes"

29 October 2006

• curprev 13:3213:32, 29 October 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 6,086 bytes +4‎ →‎Remove the profile lock file
• curprev 13:2913:29, 29 October 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,082 bytes +407‎ →‎Remove the profile lock file

20 March 2006

• curprev 18:1518:15, 20 March 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 5,675 bytes +214‎ moved the complete "already running but is not responding" error message to the intro; Note to delete "profiles.ini" highlighted as some people are deleting the profile folder on outdated advice.
• curprev 03:2703:27, 20 March 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 5,461 bytes +28‎ →‎Check the profile folder name and location
• curprev 03:1103:11, 20 March 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 5,433 bytes +140‎ →‎Check the profile folder name and location

10 March 2006

• curprev 17:2617:26, 10 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,293 bytes −119‎ spam off
• curprev 17:1217:12, 10 March 2006‎ 67.81.121.98 talk‎ 5,412 bytes +119‎ No edit summary

9 March 2006

• curprev 03:4003:40, 9 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,293 bytes −1,262‎ spam off
• curprev 03:1403:14, 9 March 2006‎ Kdmssp talk contribs‎ 6,555 bytes +1,262‎ No edit summary

8 March 2006

• curprev 21:3321:33, 8 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,293 bytes −1,262‎ spam off
• curprev 21:2621:26, 8 March 2006‎ Rhjvsf talk contribs‎ 6,555 bytes +1,262‎ No edit summary
• curprev 15:0815:08, 8 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,293 bytes −1,262‎ spam off
• curprev 08:1408:14, 8 March 2006‎ Cbgabf talk contribs‎ 6,555 bytes +1,262‎ No edit summary

7 March 2006

• curprev 23:4123:41, 7 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,293 bytes −1,262‎ spam off
• curprev 23:2823:28, 7 March 2006‎ Lcpcsl talk contribs‎ 6,555 bytes +1,262‎ No edit summary

28 February 2006

• curprev 13:1613:16, 28 February 2006‎ Np talk contribs‎ 5,293 bytes −101‎ rv vandalism
• curprev 06:3206:32, 28 February 2006‎ Medigc talk contribs‎ 5,394 bytes +101‎ No edit summary

21 February 2006

• curprev 15:1615:16, 21 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 5,293 bytes +61‎ →‎Background: minor rewrite
• curprev 14:5414:54, 21 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 5,232 bytes +494‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: created subsections

20 February 2006

• curprev 19:1619:16, 20 February 2006‎ Argel talk contribs‎ m 4,738 bytes +55‎ →‎How to unlock your profile

13 January 2006

• curprev 12:4912:49, 13 January 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 4,683 bytes +26‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: rv - oops, I see now why that formatting was used.
• curprev 12:4112:41, 13 January 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 4,657 bytes −27‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: formatting simplified for "parent.lock" filename sublist
• curprev 12:1112:11, 13 January 2006‎ Daniel29 talk contribs‎ 4,684 bytes +18‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: added ".parentlock" for Linux.
• curprev 10:5210:52, 13 January 2006‎ Daniel29 talk contribs‎ 4,666 bytes +34‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: improved readability of lock file names

16 December 2005

• curprev 16:2916:29, 16 December 2005‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 4,632 bytes +414‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: reordered, added suggestion to restore a renamed deleted or moved profile (bug 278860)

7 December 2005

• curprev 13:1813:18, 7 December 2005‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 4,218 bytes +46‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: changed order of steps and made "create a new profile" a final option since Fx 1.5 no longer opens the PM when the profile is locked.

4 December 2005

• curprev 02:5202:52, 4 December 2005‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 4,172 bytes −78‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: combined 2 solutions, re-ordered.
• curprev 01:5601:56, 4 December 2005‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 4,250 bytes −167‎ No edit summary
• curprev 01:1601:16, 4 December 2005‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 4,417 bytes +133‎ →‎How to unlock your profile: reference to bug 278860 which also applies to Firefox.. Added suggestion to create a new profile.

1 December 2005

• curprev 19:1219:12, 1 December 2005‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 4,284 bytes +18‎ No edit summary
• curprev 18:5918:59, 1 December 2005‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 4,266 bytes +135‎ moved Firefox 1.5 info to beginning of the article

19 November 2005

• curprev 20:4820:48, 19 November 2005‎ RGCook talk contribs‎ 4,131 bytes +626‎ →‎How to unlock your profile

3 November 2005

• curprev 10:2110:21, 3 November 2005‎ Mozcerize talk contribs‎ m 3,505 bytes +7‎ change one of the headings

18 October 2005

• curprev 04:0504:05, 18 October 2005‎ Wintogreen talk contribs‎ m 3,498 bytes +70‎ adding to Category:Issues (Thunderbird) & Suite

13 October 2005

• curprev 01:0501:05, 13 October 2005‎ Alice talk contribs‎ 3,428 bytes +139‎ →‎Future versions: reworded

20 September 2005

• curprev 10:1910:19, 20 September 2005‎ Mozcerize talk contribs‎ m 3,289 bytes +30‎ updated category info

18 September 2005

• curprev 16:3216:32, 18 September 2005‎ Mozcerize talk contribs‎ m 3,259 bytes −9‎ updated category info

1 September 2005

• curprev 04:1204:12, 1 September 2005‎ Greg K Nicholson talk contribs‎ m 3,268 bytes −2‎ →‎Future versions
• curprev 04:1104:11, 1 September 2005‎ Greg K Nicholson talk contribs‎ m 3,270 bytes +10‎ →‎How to return to your original profile

31 August 2005

• curprev 16:4716:47, 31 August 2005‎ Np talk contribs‎ 3,260 bytes 0‎ most of the time the original will no longer be locked, so move the "switch back" section to the beginning