Mail won't open in Mavericks, dock has disappeared and power button is now sleep button!

Having installed OS X Mavericks on my Macbook Air Mail just won't load, period. I have never had a problem with this before now, the entire laptop will freeze and heat up to the point that the fan is working at mach 10. Opening terminal and entering the command 'defaults delete com.apple.mail' has not worked. In addition to this problem the dock has dissappeared so there isn't quick access to applications without having to go through Launch Pad or Applications folder in Finder, (Dock is hidden but is not present when scrolling over), and Apple have turned the power button into a sleep button?! Having these issues has meant I have been restarting the computer a lot and scrolling up to the Apple Menu to hit restart is frankly annoying! If I wanted my computer to sleep I would close it down or use Hot Corners.
Dissappointment levels 10+.

I have since sorted this issue by doing a clean install and copying files across. The way I worked it out was by creating a guest account and logging into my iCloud account from that. If Mail loads in your guest account then the problem probably lies within your 'V2' Folder (Library > Mail > V2), after relocating V2 to my desktop and reloading Mail it loaded fine, however I lost all my folders and mail within... Hope this helps! It's not a fix but you will have access to Mail again!

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Hello ward886,
Thank you for the question. It sounds like Mail is unresponsive, and you are unable to access it or restart your system. In a situation like this, I recommend force quitting Mail and restarting your computer.
Use one of the following methods to force Mail to quit:
Using the Force Quit feature of OS X makes an application close, even when it is not responsive.
Important: Normally you should not need to force quit an app to close it. When an app is forced to quit, any unsaved changes to open documents are not saved, so try these methods to normally close the app first:
Choose Quit from the app menu. For example, in Safari, choose Safari > Quit Safari.
Choose Quit by right-clicking or control-clicking on an app's icon in the Dock.
If your app does not close using the steps above, use any of these steps to force the app to quit:
Switch to another app, such as the Finder, then choose Force Quit from the Apple menu. Select the unresponsive app in the Force Quit window, and click Force Quit.
Press Command-Option-Esc, then select the unresponsive app from the Force Quit window that appears, and click Force Quit.
Hold down the Control and Option keys on your keyboard, and click the icon of the unresponsive app in the Dock. Select Force Quit from the menu that appears.
Open Activity Monitor from the Utilities folder or the Spotlight menu. Select the unresponsive app in the Activity monitor window. Choose Quit Process from the View menu, or click the Force Quit button in the toolbar of the Activity Monitor window.
If you cannot switch from the unresponsive app, press Command-Option-Shift-Esc for three seconds to force it to quit. This key combination tells OS X to force quit the frontmost app.
Find the full article here:
OS X: How to quit an unresponsive application using Force Quit
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3411
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Mail won't open after Mavericks install

I installed mavericks now mail won't open. It asks for my password but quits before I can enter it. Please help!

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Hi, I tried that before, did not work.
Found this on another page. Problem solved.
Great news, in that case this is user a specific issue which we should be able to resolve by moving one plist.
*Note read the instructions carefully and ask quesitons if you don't understand something.
First > Create a folder on your desktop so we can backup the plist that we removing that was it can be put back if anything... Call it Dock Plist
Second > Open a Finder windows > up on the menu bar click on "Go" > Hold the option key on your keyboard and you should see Library come up click on it... This will place you inside your user specific Library folder aka ~/Library...
Third > Go into Preferences folder > locate a file called com.apple.dock.plist and drap/drop into the folder you created on the desktop
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I click on the mail icon in my dock and nothing happens. It wont open.
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Drag the Mail icon out of the Dock by clicking and holding with the command key held down until you get a cloud. It might be a couple of inches. Then go to Applications/Mail and drag to the Dock. This should reset the link.

Mail won't open. It then says quit and rebuild and won't do that. How to fix?

So I try to open mail but it hangs. Then gives the option to quit or quit and rebuild. It will quit but when I quit and rebuild it hangs and then just shuts off without doing anything. Not quite sure what to do.
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You would have to reinstall the OS using the Recovery Volume.
Try running the combo update.
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If that doesn't work,try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
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thanks very much pascal - appreciate the help.
i think i'll have to do a custom install from disk. is there anything i need to do/be aware of with the mail folder before i do the install? should i leave it in homefolder/library (once i've backed it up that is)?
will the new mail app just `talk` to the old mail folder once installed?
just want to avoid any probs and getting myself into further tangles once i do this.
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