Bob Davis wrote:
> I have been installing milestones since about 0.9.1.
> They have worked well.
> 1. uninstall mozilla
> 2. copy plugins to temp dir
> 3. remove directory just in case \program files\mozilla.org
> 4. install milestone
> 5. copy plugins back
> 
> I have read that some people recommend removing the profile info also. 
> What are the advantages? Disadvantages?
> If I do it how do I save my mail history?
> 1. copy "Mail" and "ImapMail" dirs to temp
> 2. Setup new profile
> 3. copy back mail dirs.
> 
> Would this work? Is there a better way?
> 
> thanks
> bob
> 

The removing profile info is due to corruption in nightlies. You 
*should* be okay without doing anything, but if you need to delete 
stuff, delete everything but:

1. Your prefs.js
2. Your bookmarks.html
3. Your mail folder
4. Your news folder

You'll lose your history and all cached information doing this, I do it 
every so often anyway when running nightly installs, most developers do 
as well, I haven't had problems with anything thus far that this hasn't 
solved.

grayrest


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