Unable to use zotero offline

I use firefox 8.0 with zotero 2.2.10. The zotero files and data are in a custom folder on a server at my institution. Files in this folder are syncronized to local copies on the hard drive of my laptop. Most of the time I use firefox and zotero while connected to the server. However, when away from work I also use them offline. I have been doing this without any problems for now at least 2 years with various versions of firefox and zotero. Recently, after an upgrade to windows 7, I have been unable to do this reliably. Generally, when I start firefox offline for the first time, zotero launches without problems. If I exit firefox offline and then restart it later still offline I get the "There was an error starting zotero" message.

I followed all the suggestions posted without being able to solve this problem.

I found out that after exiting firefox offline, the file zotero-sqlite-journal is deleted. If I manually restore it, zotero restarts without problems. However, the file gets deleted every time I exit firefox offline. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
  • So you use Zotero always on the same computer but sometimes you're connected and sometimes you're not? Or do you use Zotero on different computers?

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