[tor-bugs] #8072 [Tor]: Vidalia/tor not working after a forced close

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#8072: Vidalia/tor not working after a forced close
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 Reporter:  pj0tr   |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal  |      Milestone:     
Component:  Tor     |        Version:     
 Keywords:          |         Parent:     
   Points:          |   Actualpoints:     
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 Using: tor-browser-2.3.25-2_en-USI

 was using the tor browser bundle succesfully.

 When I restarted my windows 8 pc before manually closing it, it forced
 closed vidalia/tor.After the reboot I was no longer able to run tor
 browser.

 Here is the log:{{{
 jan 28 14:46:13.082 [Notice] Tor v0.2.3.25 (git-17c24b3118224d65) running
 on Windows 8.
 jan 28 14:46:13.082 [Notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 jan 28 14:46:13.082 [Notice] Read configuration file "X:\Tor
 Browser\Data\Tor\torrc".
 jan 28 14:46:13.082 [Notice] Initialized libevent version 2.0.21-stable
 using method win32. Good.
 jan 28 14:46:13.082 [Notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
 jan 28 14:46:13.083 [Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address
 already in use [WSAEADDRINUSE ]. Is Tor already running?
 jan 28 14:46:13.083 [Notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051
 jan 28 14:46:13.083 [Notice] Closing partially-constructed Control
 listener on 127.0.0.1:9051
 jan 28 14:46:13.083 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to
 bind one of the listener ports.
 jan 28 14:46:13.083 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
 }}}

  * I have never installed tor as a service or used it in any other way
 except as part of the bundle.
  * I have checked running processes and also services in task manager and
 tor is not there.
  * I have tried rebooting once more.
  * I have tried deleting the tor browser folder and downloading it again.
  * I have tried changing port settings in vidalia.
  * I have tried starting the bundle with windows firewall disabled
  * I have tried the alpha version tor-browser-2.4.7-alpha-1_en-US

 None of the above worked.At this point the browser bundle is unusable for
 me, very strange for a portable application to not recover after a machine
 reboot.

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