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Why is Firefox/ Thunderbird telling me "already running", "profile in use" or "No running window found"?

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Change into your Mozilla profile directory:

cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-name>.default/

# For Example ~/.mozilla/firefox/torktynj.default/

Check the lock file.

ls -l lock
lrwxrwxrwx 1 username stud 19 2013-03-20 16:02 lock -> 129.132.3.132:+6060

# In this example the firefox instance is running on
# 129.132.3.132 which is tardis-c03.ee.ethz.ch

ssh 129.132.3.132
ps -ef | grep firefox
kill -9 <pid>

# Example:
# ps -ef | grep firefox
# username  6060     1  0 Mar20 ?        00:01:23 firefox
# kill -9 6060

Remove any non deleted lockfile.

rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-name>.default/lock
rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-name>.default/.parentlock

Windows

Check with the task manager if firefox/thunderbird is running, if yes, kill it.
Delete the following file:
W:\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile-name>\parent.lock

Mac OS X

Check with the Activity Monitor if you have any dead firefox processes still lingering around. If so, kill them (Button labeled "Quit Process").
Delete the following file:
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile-name>/.parentlock

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+== UNIX ==
 1. Change into your Mozilla profile directory:
 {{{
cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-name>.default/
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+Line 8:
-First, check if you have firefox/thunderbird instances running
+# For Example ~/.mozilla/firefox/torktynj.default/
}}}
 1. Check the lock file.
 {{{
ls -l lock
lrwxrwxrwx 1 username stud 19 2013-03-20 16:02 lock -> 129.132.3.132:+6060
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+Line 15:
-`ps -ef | grep <username>`
+# In this example the firefox instance is running on
# 129.132.3.132 which is tardis-c03.ee.ethz.ch
}}}
 1. Login to the given machine and kill any firefox process:
 {{{
ssh 129.132.3.132
ps -ef | grep firefox
kill -9 <pid>
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+Line 24:
-kill these with `kill <pid>`
+# Example:
# ps -ef | grep firefox
# username  6060     1  0 Mar20 ?        00:01:23 firefox
# kill -9 6060
}}}
 1. Remove any non deleted lockfile.
 {{{
rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-name>.default/lock
rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-name>.default/.parentlock
}}}
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+Line 35:
-Then delete the following files:
+== Windows ==
 1. Check with the task manager if firefox/thunderbird is running, if yes, kill it.
 1. Delete the following file:
 `W:\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile-name>\parent.lock`
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+Line 40:
-`~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-name>/lock`

`~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-name>/.parentlock`

Windows: Check with the task manager if firefox/thunderbird is running, if yes, kill it.

Delete the following file:

 . `W:\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile-name>\parent.lock`
+== Mac OS X ==
 1. Check with the Activity Monitor if you have any dead firefox processes still lingering around. If so, kill them (Button labeled "Quit Process").
 1. Delete the following file:
 `~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile-name>/.parentlock`
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