141005 - Startup configuration file corruption

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 193638

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[nobaboon]

An error occurred when reading the startup configuration file. Please contact
your administrator.

line 14: SyntaxError: unterminated string
literal.user_pref("wallet.SchemaValueFileName

I've uninstalled via windows "Add remove programs", etc... as well as deleting
the dir and subdirs manually. I either can't find the configuration file, or
it's a bug with:

Mozilla
Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 1
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020417

off the bat. 

Thanks~!

Comment 1

[nobaboon]

also, (sorry for not putting this in original), this error prevents any settings
from being saved (or registered) on next startup. 

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Reporter:
Please try this:
Uninstall mozilla and delete all files in c:\prohrams\mozilla (but save your
plugins) and reinstall mozilla.
Does it fix this error ?

Comment 3

[nobaboon]

No, I go through and "add/remove programs", remove the mozilla 1.0 app, then 
delete "C:\program files\mozilla.org".

On reinstall, it prompts me to create the dir, and upon startup (after 
complete install), same error. :(

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

ok, can you do this :
run "mozilla -profilemanager" and create an additional test profile

Comment 5

[nobaboon]

If I use the new profile I created, the problem no longer exists. (still no 
work with default profile). I cannot find the folder it indicated the new 
profile settings would be stored in, which I'm guessing had to be deleted (or 
should have been deleted by add/remove programs) in order for me to start with 
a clean slate. 

Also, when running "mozilla -profilemanager" with other instances of Mozilla 
open, it just spawns another one as normal, not with profile manager. Had to 
close down all mozilla instances. 

Comment 6

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

you must close all mozilla windows before you can run the profilemanager.
The Profile itself is stored in the windows XP user folder (search for the file
"localstore.rdf" )

You can copy your bookmarks to your new profile.
Also Mail message and passwords but that's a little bit difficult.
(write a mail to get a URL for that)

You can also start mozilla with "mozilla -p profilename" to start with a given
profile.


You can also try to fix your old profile !
open the file "prefs.js" in your old profile and search the line with the error.
" user_pref("wallet.SchemaValue" and delete this line.

Comment 7

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

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Comment 8

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 193638 ***