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   Leonidas Jones to All   
   Re: Help Please! 9999 bookmarks +   
   13 Feb 06 03:03:27   
   
   From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   satin90250 wrote:   
   > I apologise. I don't think my initial explaination was very clear. All   
   > the faults that i have listed happen at exactly the same time.   
   >   
   > gwtc wrote:   
   >> satin90250 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The 9999 0kb bookmark files are deleted each time they appear. The   
   >>> bookmark file is not read only and there is no bookmark.bak file. Are   
   >>> you suggesting that the bookmark file is the cause of the whole thing   
   >>> ie mail inbox etc?   
   >>> Thanks   
   >>>   
   >>> gwtc wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> satin90250 wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I am running Netscape 7.2 Communicator with XP but every few days i   
   >>>>> get this problem.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 1 It generates 9999 bookmark files each 0kb in size.   
   >>>>> 2 It resets the prefs file so when i open the browser, it starts   
   >>>>> the registration process again.   
   >>>>> 3. My mail boxes rebuild themselves the next time i go into them.   
   >>>>> 4. My inbox will contain numerous e-mail entries with the sender   
   >>>>> called 'Our' and a date of 01/01/1970   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> This is not specific to 7.2 as i had the same problem on my last   
   >>>>> version. On occasions i notice that even though i have shut down   
   >>>>> the browser, i notice that it is still running when ctrl-alt-del is   
   >>>>> pressed.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Aplogies if this has come up before but it's driving me mad and i'm   
   >>>>> going in circles.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Close Net.  Delete all those extra bookmark entries.  Make sure that   
   >>>> the main bookmark entry is not set as read only.  If you see a   
   >>>> bookmarks.bak file, then delete that, too   
   >>   
   >> I was only talking about the bookmark problem and nothing else.   
      
   It would appear that you have a corrupt profile,since all these problems   
   are profile related.  Use Profile Manager to create a new profile.  use   
   this new profile for a couple of days, to ensure that it behave   
   correctly,  then migrate the data from the olf profile to the new.   
      
   http://users.adelphia.net/~irwingreenwald/About%20Profiles.html   
      
   Lee   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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