Closed
Bug 459991
Opened 17 years ago
Closed 17 years ago
"Already running" message if profile directory doesn't exist
Categories
(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect)
Core Graveyard
Profile: BackEnd
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 278860
People
(Reporter: jwkbugzilla, Unassigned)
References
Details
Remove a Firefox profile directory (or rename it), don't modify profile.ini. Start Firefox - you get a message "Firefox is already running, but not responding." The message on OS X: "A copy of Mozilla Firefox is already open." That's a very misleading message and it doesn't help fixing the issue.
Expected: If the directory of a profile in profile.ini doesn't exist - either create a new profile automatically or remove that profile from the list of profiles so that the user gets profile manager UI.
Tested with a Firefox trunk nightly (build 20081010021316).
Comment 1•17 years ago
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(In reply to comment #0)
> Remove a Firefox profile directory (or rename it), don't modify profile.ini.
> Start Firefox - you get a message "Firefox is already running, but not responding."
Problem is re-produced with Fx Trunk on MS Win-XP SP3.
>profiles.ini (other profiles are defined)
> [Profile3]
> Name=Directory-Not-Found
> IsRelative=1
> Path=Profiles/Directory-Not-Found (Directory-Not-Found doesn't exist)
(1) firefox.exe => profile selection dialog => choose Directory-Not-Found
=> "Firefox is already running, but not responding."
(2) firefox.exe -P "Directory-Not-Found"
=> "Firefox is already running, but not responding."
Bug 459638 is already opened for phenomenon of "Firefox is already running, but not responding." upon ;
- "profile is already used", when started with "firefox.exe -P "profile_name"
(both when "without -no-remote" and "with -no-remote")
- "profile is not found ", when started with "firefox.exe -P "profile_name"
(when "with -no-remote")
Setting dependency.
Depends on: 459638
Comment 2•17 years ago
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It's a dupe of bug 278860 and doesn't depend on it.
Assignee | ||
Updated•9 years ago
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Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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