Thunderbird "Cannot find binary component" error solved

Recently i started getting an error message "Minimize to Tray-Component Load Error" while launching or loading thunderbird and "Minimize to Tray" addon was not working properly, "Thunderbird + Minimize to Tray addon + leapord theme" is a killer combination and i use it for email access on all the system i work, Both in office and at home that's the reason i still haven't upgraded my thunderbird to 11.* from 3.1.*. because i just can't live without these addon's as the default mail clients such as outlook and outlook express does not really poll for mails and run in background and notify us whenever we get get mail.


Though error message clearly states that "Component Load Error" or "Cannot find binary component." which means some dll is missing to run this addon properly no matter how many times i download this addon from official mozilla addons site uninstalling thunderbird, deleting all the directories in "application data" etc still i was not able to fix it.

Finally i got to know the addon authors website address in mozilla site Here where i could download the latest working version of the addon which worked perfectly do leave a comment if this worked for you guys.

[solved] the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

Today evening i logged into my computer to but for my horror drive g: was corrupted and everything was changed when i clicked on any folder it was showing the error message "file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" i was totally pissed of because it was around 30gigs of important data see the below pic how the folders and files in corrupted drive looked click on the image to enlarge

after googling for a while from microsoft kb site i came to know that This behavior can occur if the file, folder or file system index (Master File Table [MFT] or File Allocation Table [FAT]) is damaged.

solution was simple just to run the chkdsk to repair the damaged files and folder file system index just followed the simple steps see below and issue got fixed

1. Click on start and click on run
2. In command prompt type chkdsk/ f g: (drive g: in my case) and press enter
3. Click ok, thats it you are done

it takes time depending on your hard disk size and data in drive, in my case for 30gigs of data it took 5-10 mins see the below pic after running the chkdsk i was able to recover the data in the harddrive G: click on the image to enlarge

Warning: though chkdsk attempts to fix the file system index using chkdsk with the /f command some time data loss may occur so its better to use it unless until u have a full backup of your disk

below is the chkdsk syntax for windows xp

CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]

volume	Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name.
filename	FAT only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.
/F	Fixes errors on the disk.
/V	On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk.
/R	Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F).
/L:size	NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current size.
/X	Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid (implies /F).
/I	NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
/C	NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder structure.

Though this is the first time i ever faced this problem while using this system for last 7 years, this problem mostly occurs in secondary or external harddisk if you have faced the same problem and fixed it do comment back.

Went to the church for first time in life

I visited church for first time today, being a Hindu i never went to the church,mosque or worshiping place of any other religion, temples are the only spiritual and worshiping place i visited my entire life and today i visited church with my sister since she wanted to light the candles for some reason... My sister has a christian friend with whom she visit church once in a while since she was not there this time i accompanied her.

And what weird is i was touching statues of Jesus and other christian gods with hand in praying in Hindu style, while all of them down there were kneeling and giving prayers, all the time i was inside the church i was feeling uneasy to wear shoes, since we Hindus always leave our footwear outside the temple but still it was a nice experience visiting the church for the first time and i was not able to experience or know how priest/father pray or perform religious rites since i visited untime.

below is the pic of Epiphany Church near jayanagar 4th block which i visited.

Just writing this post for future reference down the memory lane to know when i visited the church and for longingly remembering