449369 - Thunderbird reports already started when profile is unreachable

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 278860

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Thomas]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; nl; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1
Build Identifier: Thunderbird Version 2.0.0.16 (20080708)

I have stored my profile on a Network drive.
When I start Thunderbird, while this network drive is not mapped, it reports:
"Thunderbird is already active, but doesn't react. To open a new window first close the current Thunderbird-proces, or reboot your system"

However, there is no Thunderbird process running, and when I map the networkdrive and re-start Thunderbird, the problem is solved.

I use Thunderbird : Version 2.0.0.16 (20080708) (Dutch)
But I have also tested it on the nightly build of Thunderbird with a new profile, resulting in the same error/bug.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create new profile on network drive, close Thunderbird
2.Disconnect from network drive
3.Restart Thunderbird -> error
4.Reconnect network drive
5.Restart Thunderbird -> no problem
Actual Results:  
See details, after step 3, the error message states that Thunderbird is already running.

Expected Results:  
An error message that the profile is unreachable

Comment 1

[Joe Sabash [:JoeS1]]

Dup of bug 278860