The best thing I have found is to create a new profile in the new
location, then copy the CONTENTS of the old profile to that location.

Then edit prefs.js and look for any references to the old location and
change them.

Mike

eric wrote:

>  I thought I would start using the mozilla_home option to have my
> profile info separate from my proggy as I was about to upgrade to rc3
> from 0.9.8 .  Try as I would I could not move my existing profile
> successfully.  I copied my mozilla/profiles tree & set the variable,
> but found I could only create a NEW profile in the new location, my
> old profile continued to live as before.  So I installed rc3 & copied
> the profile data back in without the mozilla_home variable.
>
> Is there a way to begin using mozilla_home & not lose an existing
> profile?
>
> Eric...


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