408614 - Error message incorrect when profiles.ini corrupted

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 278860

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Tobias]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.1.10) Gecko/20071115 Firefox/2.0.0.10
Build Identifier: Version 2.0.0.9 (20071031)

If the profiles.ini points to a directory that does not exist, the error message is something like "Thunderbird is already running, but does not respond. In order to open a new window you have to kill all existing Thunderbird processes or restart your computer." (Translated from the German version). This is very misleading as there are no running processes.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure a profile in Thunderbird and close Thunderbird
2. Edit the path parameter profiles.ini to point a not existing direcotry, save file
3. Start Thunderbird 

Actual Results:  
Misleading Error message

Expected Results:  
Error message "Profil not found in %direcotry%!"

Normaly the problem should not occur, but when restoring a profile or having a faulty profiles.ini the error message is very misleading.