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Le thread ibilondoloziwe. Nceda ubuze umbuzo omtsha ukuba ufuna uncedo.

Thunderbird gives "Close Thunderbird" dialog box. Why?

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rvondreele
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Thunderbird only shows "Close Thunderbird" dialog box with - Thunderbird is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Thunderbird process, or restart your system. - Why? Task Manager shows no Thunderbird application and rebooting system (warm or cold) does not clear the error. What do I do to fix this?

Thunderbird only shows "Close Thunderbird" dialog box with - Thunderbird is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Thunderbird process, or restart your system. - Why? Task Manager shows no Thunderbird application and rebooting system (warm or cold) does not clear the error. What do I do to fix this?

Isisombulu esikhethiweyo

Check this article.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use

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iamjayakumars
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As you mentioned, Task Manager not showing any background running Thunderbird.

Check it for All user, instead of current user.

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christ1
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Isisombululo esiKhethiweyo

Check this article.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use

rvondreele
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Problem solved. I had to delete parent.lock file from Profile