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when i try to open profilemanager.app i get a message saying that a copy is already open [os 10.6.8 -ff 3.6.2, 4.0.1, 8.0.1]

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rcwolin
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i have been trying to open jgriffin's stand alone profilemanager.app for an embarassingly long time [over a month] with no success. i have downloaded every iteration of the app from the first beta to the stable release. each time i try to open it i get pop up warning saying “a copy of profilemanager is already open. only one copy of profilemanager can be open at a time.” i have combed through the developer’s blog, mozillazine articles and mozilla support for an answer. all to no avail.

if anyone has an a solution to this conundrum that they are willing to share, i will be forever in their debt.

please be advised that i am a relative newcomer to the internal mysteries of snow leopard when suggesting solutions.

thank you.

i have been trying to open jgriffin's stand alone profilemanager.app for an embarassingly long time [over a month] with no success. i have downloaded every iteration of the app from the first beta to the stable release. each time i try to open it i get pop up warning saying “a copy of profilemanager is already open. only one copy of profilemanager can be open at a time.” i have combed through the developer’s blog, mozillazine articles and mozilla support for an answer. all to no avail. if anyone has an a solution to this conundrum that they are willing to share, i will be forever in their debt. please be advised that i am a relative newcomer to the internal mysteries of snow leopard when suggesting solutions. thank you.

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cor-el
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Do you get that same error if you try to open the regular Profile Manager via a terminal window?

rcwolin
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no i don't. i am not adept at using terminal. i am sometimes able to open the old profile manager with terminal, sometimes not, but i never get the copy already open message.

thanks.