Flock wont launch

I have. I've rebooted and tried it, I've even rebooted on another attempt into safe mode to try and launch it.

Everytime, it launches the executable, and then immediately closes it (viewing it from the processes tab in task manager).

I'm using Windows XP. Yep, I've just done the "Express Installation". The result is the same, Flock launches then immediately closes. Being that the installation sets it as the default browser too, I end up having other issues with other programs that link-out into a browser heh..."where'd it go!" (cause Flock closes right away).

It asks me where I want to import my bookmarks etc. from, I select Firefox (also tried it once with IE).

C:\Program Files\Flock

Windows XP Media Center Edition Verison 2002, SP2
Dual 3GHz processors, 1.5GM ram.

I use Chrome, IE, and Firefox with no issues.

Hrmm, I guess I don't follow on your instructions.

"Please rename the Flock folder at c:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\"

Am I to edit the saved location upon install? Edit a file within Flock for that location?

Now I'm even more confused! lol.

Flock folder is found for me at c:\documents and settings\hp_administrator\application data\flock

Am I to edit a file within the Flock folder found at that location? Am I to edit the actual flock folder and rename as flockbackup (doesn't seem likely)?

Okay,

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\Flockbackup is the name of the directory now. I rebooted Flock, and still Flock.exe shows up on my task manager processes tab, then instantly closes.

well, I guess I take that back to some extent.

When I rename the "flock" folder to "flockbackup", and then re-click on Flock on my desktop, I get the setup wizard for Flock again.

It re-installs, recreates the "Flock" directory, and then repeats the process of not booting.

180gb free space on C

Did I not do the file/directory change appropriately? Was a different outcome expected other than relaunching the installation file again?

Hello Mike,

Could you delete that Flock folder in C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\ and this time do not import from Firefox?

Bruno

Hi Bruno,

Okay, so I deleted the file in C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\ and selected "Don't Import Anything" when Flock attempts to launch.

It then closes the installation window, acts like it's launching, and then sits there.

I went back into the C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\ folder, saw the new Flock folder, renamed it "Flockbackup" and tried to launch it again via the Flock executable on my desktop (not the Flock installation file, rather, the Flock launcher (Flock.exe)). It goes back to trying to reinstall the program.

I'd never be able to tell if the program actually initialized w/o using Task Manager and seeing the "Flock.exe" process show, then close (less than 1 second after showing).

So Flock asks if you want to import anything. Nothing really happens, you delete the Flock folder, and then you wrote "It goes back to trying to reinstall the program."

Here, do you recall seeing a Flock window titled "Flock Import Wizard" asking you if you want to import settings? Or what is something else?

By now you're now clearly familiar with the Flock folder in C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\. This holds your settings but does not actually hold the main program executable. This lives in C:\Program Files\Flock\ by default. Do you have files and folders in here? Can you try running the flock.exe file here directly, rather than the one on your desktop?

I do have files and folders in C:\Program Files\Flock where, yep, the main executable and other files are. I have tried to run from the executable in there as well, with similar results as the executable on the desktop.

For clarification, what I meant by it trying to reinstall the program, is that when I delete the Flock and/or Flockbackup folders within the C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data location and then try to launch the executable from within the C:\Program Files\Flock directory, or from the Flock executable on the desktop, it takes me to the "Flock Import Wizard", requesting setting selections, just as you mentioned. If I select "Don't import anything", it closes the wizard, and sits. If I select "Firefox" or "Microsoft", it takes me to another wizard page importing details from those browsers, and then closes...and sits.

I assume it's suppose to launch at this stage.

What doesn't make sense to me, is that even if I boot into safe mode, I still get the same pattern. Flock launches, the executable shows up in the processes tab in task manager, and then immediately closes. Almost so quickly, that it's hard to see if it actually does launch (but it does). If it was a browser conflict, addon/plugin conflict, or potentially something corrupt, I don't think it would have the same process in safe mode as in normal mode.

Thanks again for all the help,

the same problem here. although it has been working for two months until that.

My Flock and my FAVORITES are gone? I see the desktop icon but it fails to launch. I would be super pissed if I don't have my favorites and all is lost. PLease advise!

So I found some info and followed the following instructions to try and located and export my favorites, but they were NO WHERE to be found???

How can I export my favorites and feeds?
If you are going to try running Flock with a clean profile but want to keep your favorites and feeds, here are the steps:

Feeds:

1. Open the Feeds sidebar
2. Click "Feed Options"
3. Click "Export feeds"
4. Choose a name and click "Save"

Favorites:

1. Open the Favorites menu
2. Click "Organize Favorites"
3. Open the "Import and Backup" menu
4. Choose "Export HTML"
5. Choose a name and click "Save