Peter Lairo wrote:
>
> Christopher Jahn wrote:
>
> > And it came to pass that Peter Lairo wrote:
> >> I have been installing the nightly builds every day for the past
> >> 10+ weeks by simply copying the new files over the old ones.
> >> Occasionally, I will delete the mozilla directory and copy
> >> the new files into a new directory. Unfortunately, it
> >> seems that there are aspects of mozilla that are not being
> >> updated with this method: 1. prefs.js, 2.
> >> registry.dat, 3. mozregistry.dat 4. mozver.dat What is
> >> the best way to get the full functionality of the newest
> >> nightly builds, without having to recreate vital aspects
> >> of my profile every day (newsgroups, stored passwords,
> >> IMAP, bookmarks, addresses, etc)? Which if the above
> >> files can be deleted / should be edited to do this?
> > Mozregistry.dat and mosver.dat need to be deleted.
>
> does the installer version of mozilla delete these files or should
> i do it by hand every time?
mozver.dat and mozregistry.dat don't need to be deleted. This is a myth
promulgated by the same folks who thump the side of their TV to fix the
reception. Mozilla will work just fine even if these files happen to be
corrupted, which is unlikely in any case.
-Dan Veditz
