You haven't done anything with Midori using sudo?

Yes I did. On the related thread that I originally started (Software: Midori Won't Start) someone advised me to run the following:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove-midori
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install midori

It didn't fix anything. That's when I decided to move to this thread, thinking that I would have to do an entire fresh install of Mint.

But you didn't run sudo midori?

I messed around today with quite a bit of script suggested by contribuors on this site but I don't recall running anything like simple sudo midori.

Anyhow, try removing that subdirectory as root. Make sure Midori is not running.

Ran the script. Terminal prompted for sudo password. Gave it. Script ran and did not return any error or other message. Restarted computer. Midori sub-directory still there. This gets curiouser and curiouser.

I'll do some research overnight and see if I can discover why a sub-directory like that would be persistent.

Thanks for your help thus far.

The only explanation is an instance of Midori was running when you removed the subdirectory. In Linux you can delete files in use. Only in this case when the application is running it keeps the settings from config file in memory and writes the config file back upon exit.

OK, as I suspected, .local is not what holds the settings for midori, the settings are in ~/.config/midori. Delete it.

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Success!! I ran sudo rm -rf ~/.config/midori and now it starts with no problem. I am posting this from midori. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

If I ever become competent enough to do so, I will gladly give back to some lost newbie the way you have helped me so generously. I'm grateful. I won't forget.

Ken

See, Linux (Unix) is well organized multiuser system. User programs are in /usr, which is writable only by root. Meaning users cannot mess up applications. System-wide default settings are in /usr, too. System-wide settings override is in /etc, again not user writable. And finally, user managed settings override is in users home directory. If user screws up anything it will affect only this user, system and applications for other users keep functioning. This is why uninstalling and reinstalling didn't help. You merely removed the program from /usr and installed it back - no fruit, there was nothing wrong with it to begin with. Gotta love Linux, everything is so logical and simple.

I had been thinking about moving over to Linux for a few years and then there was one too many screw-overs by MS Win and I took the plunge. I'm extremely glad that I did. There is definitely a learning curve but I like learning. I'm working with an online introductory tutorial on using the command line and when that's done, we'll see what comes next.

It probably seems to you like a lot of aggravation and effort for one little app, but I like Midori. It's clean and fast, and seems to suit the way that I like a browser to work. And I learned a lot from watching how you approached the problem and deduced a solution. Thanks again.

All the best
Ken