Ben Bucksch wrote:
>
> Bhuvan Racham wrote:
>
> > Ben Bucksch wrote:
> >
> >> If I install Mozilla on a new Windows (NT4) system, it creates
> >> <windir>\mozregistry.dat
This is a bug, will be fixed by mozilla0.9 or so (there are bugs on this
file in particular, and bugs representing the new mechanism).
> >> <windir>\mozver.dat
This is the mozilla version registry. It's global on windows and Mac but
perhaps needs to be redesigned due to potential permissions problems. No
plans in the near future.
> >> <windir>\nsreg.dat
> >
> > This is 4.x profile registry.
>
> FYI: No 4.x installed.
If the mozilla profile code tries to find 4.x profile information for
migration purposes, the act of looking at this file probably causes it to be
created.
> > However as mentioned above, mozregistry.dat has been home of some
> > xpinstaller data also.
>
> xpinstaller group: Which data is that? Should I care? (I guess not.)
We store information about files that need to be deleted or replaced which
we couldn't finish at install time due to the files being in use (i.e. you
tried to update mozilla itself using XPInstall, which means Mozilla is
running).
-Dan Veditz
