Won't restart!

This is very annoying.  If I close Netscape while running Windows XP I find 
that I often cannot get it started again, either by clicking on the desktop 
icon, the little icon in the litle tray down at the bottom of the screen or 
through Start, Programs, Netscape, etc.  What the heck am I doing wrong? 

Joe McGuire wrote:
> This is very annoying.  If I close Netscape while running Windows XP I find

> that I often cannot get it started again, either by clicking on the desktop

> icon, the little icon in the litle tray down at the bottom of the screen or

> through Start, Programs, Netscape, etc.  What the heck am I doing wrong? 
> 
> 
which Netscape program? Net 4.x, Net 7.x, Net 8.x?

Try looking in the task manager [ctrl+alt+del] and end it there.

-- 
"Oh!  Heavens to Murgatroid.  Exit . . . Stage Left!" -- Snagglepuss

Thanks.  I tried that, figuring maybe the program was still running, but 
Netscape did not show up in the Task manager.  Any other suggestions?  (I 
tend to suspect Microsoft as the cause of any other brands of software that 
have problems)

"Heavens to Murgatroid" <heavens.to.murgatroid@gmail.com> wrote
in message 
news:elb2b4$hq01@ripley.aoltw.net...
> Joe McGuire wrote:
>> This is very annoying.  If I close Netscape while running Windows XP I

>> find that I often cannot get it started again, either by clicking on
the 
>> desktop icon, the little icon in the litle tray down at the bottom of
the 
>> screen or through Start, Programs, Netscape, etc.  What the heck am I 
>> doing wrong?
> which Netscape program? Net 4.x, Net 7.x, Net 8.x?
>
> Try looking in the task manager [ctrl+alt+del] and end it there.
>
> -- 
> "Oh!  Heavens to Murgatroid.  Exit . . . Stage Left!" --
Snagglepuss
>
> Please do not email me for help.  Reply to the newsgroup only.  Thanks 

Joe McGuire wrote:
> Thanks.  I tried that, figuring maybe the program was still running, but 
> Netscape did not show up in the Task manager.  Any other suggestions?  (I 
> tend to suspect Microsoft as the cause of any other brands of software that

> have problems)
> 

OK, close the program, and using your file manager, locate the file 
parent.lock which is located within your Netscape profile.  Once 
located, delete it.  Now restart Net.  Does this solve the problem?

NOTE: if you don't find a parent.lock, then that mean Net shut down 
properly.  The only time you would find it is if Net is still running.

to find your Netscape profile, you can read this: 
http://ilias.ca/netscape/profilefaq/#locations

but if you're using windows, then you must read this first: 
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfil
es.mspx

-- 
"Oh!  Heavens to Murgatroid.  Exit . . . Stage Left!" -- Snagglepuss

Heavens to Murgatroid wrote:
> Joe McGuire wrote:
> 
>> This is very annoying.  If I close Netscape while running Windows XP I

>> find that I often cannot get it started again, either by clicking on 
>> the desktop icon, the little icon in the litle tray down at the bottom

>> of the screen or through Start, Programs, Netscape, etc.  What the 
>> heck am I doing wrong?
>>
> which Netscape program? Net 4.x, Net 7.x, Net 8.x?
> 
> Try looking in the task manager [ctrl+alt+del] and end it there.
>