Thunderbird may no longer be a Mozilla product

Posted on July 26, 2007, under Current Events.

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Interesting. It’s been awhile since I’ve evaluated mail clients - anything good out there besides Thunderbird and Outlook?

Thunderbird Stuck in Endless Upgrade

Posted on July 25, 2007, under Web Dev/Tech.

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The last couple of times I’ve updated Mozilla Thunderbird through the automated update, the upgrade process would get stuck somehow. I would go to open Thunderbird, and an error would popup that said:

“One or more files could not be updated. Please make sure all other applications are closed and that you have permission to modify files, and the restart Thunderbird to try again”

I would click ok, it would try to update, fail, and come back with the error message, going into an endless loop. In the past, I did a full uninstall and reinstall to get rid of the error message. This time that didn’t work. I did a little research, and found that a couple files in a particular directory weren’t getting updated, causing Thunderbird to keep thinking it needed to upgrade.

To fix the issue, without having to do a reinstall, delete everything inside this directory:

C:/Documents and Settings/<username>/Local Settings/Application Data/Thunderbird/Mozilla Thunderbird/

End of loop.

Update: Be sure to check the comments for alternative solutions.

Update II: As many of the comments point out, the primary culprit of this issue may actually be Logitech with their QuickCam software. I have a Logitech webcam as well, so that fits my scenario. I’ve had a couple run-ins with Logitech now that make me wonder if they are headed down the same path as Creative.

Update III: marcelotroubledwiththunderbird notes he had the upgrade loop issues and did not have QuickCam installed.

How to reset the master password in Firefox

Posted on March 26, 2005, under Security.

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I’ve noticed a couple people coming to this site searching for help on resetting their master password in Mozilla Firefox, so I found help on this and am posting it here in case you happen to be one of those people. :)

Master password - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

If you have lost or forgotten your Master Password or you want to disable the feature, reset your master password. Note that, upon resetting, you will lose all the stored information in the Passwords Manager as this is a built-in security feature to prevent people otherwise resetting your master password and gaining access to your passwords.
  • For Firefox: go to “chrome://pippki/content/pref-masterpass.xul” (see Chrome URLs) and click on “Reset Password”.
  • For Thunderbird: “Tools -> Options (Edit -> Preferences on Linux) -> Advanced -> Saved Passwords -> Master Password -> Reset Password”.
  • For Mozilla Suite: “Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Master Passwords -> Reset Password”.