That may very well be the solution!
This is about Mozilla 0.9.2 but Netscape6 is sitting right next door -
same partition, same directory level.
Thanks Champ.
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> amDEwolff
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> Note: If you are running both Communicator and Netscape6 (Mozilla
> variants included) then each MUST be installed on a separate hard drive
> partition, each with its own system folder.
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> amDEwolff wrote:
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>>Good Day, <separately posted on n.p.m.mail-news>
>>
>>MacOS 8.6.
>>HD partitions: OS, applications, userI, userII.
>>The main problem is to make each profile stick on its respective
>>partition, home directory really, and not in OS/Documents.
>>
>>I installed mozilla onto the application partition. At startup profile
>>manager asked me to check one of the existing profiles - netscape 4.7 -
>>for conversion. Restarting after that mozilla by-passed the profile
>>manager alltogether. How do I edit profile manager? I can't seem to find
>>anything on him/her in mozilla directory nor in user profile directory.
>>
>>I changed (default) path-to-profile in 'Mail/News Account Settings' to
>>the appropriate location and moved the converted profile directory to
>>its new place. I then deleted the mozilla folder and ran the installer
>>again. Profile manager asked me which profile to convert, and I picked
>>the other one. Changed path-to-profile as before.
>>
>>This seems to work for a little while but I tend to loose the converted
>>profiles at startup. Profile manager then lists both profiles
>>pre-converted and I have to start all over again. If I delete and
>>recreate one profile on the spot I get in on that profile but profile
>>manager takes the rest of the day off. Work ethics ... (sigh).
>>
>>This is a serious problem. I also encountered a few serious nuisances.
>>
>>Reading news I can't re-connect to the net by clicking on a new message.
>>It starts dialing, locks up and I have to force quit. Clicking on the
>>server in the left pane works. Then I click the group, let the messages
>>load and click the new message.
>>
>>Nuisance #2. Talkback is turned on. However, it never sent any message
>>after the many lockups in mozillaNews. Talkback is operated by profile
>>manager I presume ;=(
>>
>>I basically spent all weekend wrestling with mozilla. Either I make the
>>same mistake over and over again or these are bugs. There hasn't been
>>much macintosh stuff on this list lately.
>>
>>--
>>A. Maurits de Wolff
>>Amsterdam
>>
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