Scott Buck wrote: > I think it would be nice if there was a simpler more automated solution... > > > Morten Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > >>Scott Buck wrote: >> >>>Hello, >>> >>> On and on I have spent hours tring to move my mozilla mail from one >>>machine to an other. It has proved an almost imposible task as >>>mozilla seems to have some internal registry entry that maps to a >>>randomly named directory that has the data in it. Moving that >>>directory to an other machine does not achive anything as the mozilla >>>there does not reconize it. >>> >>> So in short - how can one archive and retrive ones main environment >>>in Mozilla? >> >>Create a new profile on the target computer, and copy everything from the >>random named folder on the source into the random named folder on the >>target. >>Next, you need to update your prefs to make them reflect the new folder >>names. >>Either do this from inside mozilla, or edit prefs.js (but back it up first) >> >>hth, >
I agree that a automated utility is needed.. I'm sure there is a bug in there, I think I've seen it once.. dman84
