215257 - Do not like lock for profile. want to open new window without finding old window or I have to delete lock from a crashed session.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 151188

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Scott Nash]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030718
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030718

I do not see the lock file as useful when dealing with profile.
Recently when Mozilla has not been shut down properly I have had to go and find
the lock and delete it. Also I would like to be able to open a new window
without finding the old window.  If I open a new Mozilla window, do I have any
reason to want to have it under different profile?  No. Thesettings I want 99%
of time are still valid. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.pull plug on computer with Mozilla running or Have a previous mozilla open 
2.Start another Mozilla window
3.

Actual Results:  
You get the profile screen.  You can't select the profile you want because it is
"in use".

Expected Results:  
Check to see if Mozilla is actually running and remove lock.  Maybe just say
"using <current> profile".

Comment 1

[Andrew Schultz]

you are seeing bug 122698 and bug 151188.  pick one and mark this as a dupe of it.

use of the lock file prevents a lot of profile corruption.

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15118 ***

Comment 3

[Andrew Schultz]

oops

Comment 4

[Andrew Schultz]

that one.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 151188 ***