Ranjit Mathew wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Of late, I've been installing the various Mozilla
> "stable" releases (0.9.1, 0.9.2, etc.) and, needless to
> say, have been VERY impressed with it - it's my default
> browser for almost everything except for brain-dead
> sites that require me to use IE. Congratulations and
> sincere Thanks to all of you who made this possible.
> I digress, however.
>
> The point is, as recommended, I uninstall the old version
> and then freshly install the new release. In fact, I take
> this advice to the extreme and remove ALL files related
> to Mozilla - files related to my profile, mozver.dat etc.
> from the Windoze folder - before installing the new release.
> And it has worked PERFECTLY every time - I've had no problems
> after installation.
>
> However, this is QUITE painful, though somewhat ameliorated
> by backing up address books, bookmarks, etc. SO...Isn't there
> an easier way of doing this? I mean, shouldn't it be OK if
> I let my old profile hanging there, including cookie permissions,
> image permissions (man, I LOVE this feature!), etc.?
>
> Would the gurus here be kind enough to enlighten this poor
> soul?
>
> And BTW, the Java plug-in DOES NOT WORK. Period. I've tried a
> zillion-and-one things, yes, including all the things suggested
> in this newsgroup, but it just does not work. But this is
> another digression, I fear.
>
> Anyways, thanks in advance for your help and once again, thank
> you very much for creating this beauty.
>
> Ranjit.
>
>
I just uninstall the previous version. Works fine.
I don't remove profiles, plugins, etc. Getting some plungins to work is
difficult. Wouldn't want to do that every time the program upgraded.
Java does work if installed correctly.
