David Tenser wrote:
> Andrea Monni wrote:
>> Holger Metzger wrote:
>> 
>>>
>>>> What I did, first with NS 4.x then with 0.9.4, was to install NS/Mozilla
>>>> on the clean system, create a profile with the old name and the copy in
>>>> that profile dir the entire contents of the directory I backed up before
>>>>   formatting the system.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mozilla uses a random digit, 12345678.slt, to protect the profile
>>> directory, therefore it is unlikely, that, even if you name the profile
>>> the same, the location will be the same. That's why it's important to
>>> also save the registry.dat in /Mozilla/.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> What I did is copy my backe up data *into* the *already* created dir 
>> from the profile manager so that the new, blanck, prefs files are 
>> overwritten by the old ones and all the other files (say mail folders, 
>> filters, addressbook, etc.) are copied, re-creating the pre-formatting 
>> situation. The only thing I broke up using this method was the signature 
>> path. What I was asking was wheter this method might have some drawbacks
>
> Appearantly, no one seems to be able to answer your question! I was just 
> reading this thread and I was amused by the fact that no one seems to 
> read your question, everyone's just telling you the procedure of backing 
> up the profile dir. Just wanted you to know that at least I understand 
> what you are asking about, but unfortunately, I don't know the answer :/

Thanks... at least I know that my english isn't totally broken! ;)

In the end I did as I always did and I didn't have any problem... well, 
yes, I have one at the moment: looks like my user.js is not totally 
working. I have the quoting with the ">"'s but not the fancy colored 
quoting levels. Gotta investigate!

Andrea
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