Re: Migrating a Profile
James a pensé très fort : Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:41:57 -0400 From: cciaffonecciaff...@verizon.net To:support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org Subject: Re: Migrating a Profile Message-ID:aqsdna1gg5nulhbxnz2dnuvz_gpi4...@mozilla.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed desertgal wrote: When I install SM2 with SM1 in place, SM2 won't run. I am having that problem now. No matter which icon I click, even the seamonkey.exe executable in the sm 2 folder, when sm starts and I click HelpAbout it always comes up 1.1.18. Must I uninstall 1.1.18 to get 2.0 to run?? I think that neither version will work as long as the other is running so you need to make sure that nothing of 1.1.18 is running in order to run 2.0. For example, are you using quick start in 1.1.18? Try looking at processes in task manager and make sure nothing that says Seamonkey is running then try 2.0. Or try booting into safe mode and see if 2.0 will run [I don't know if it will or not]. Luck. James . . Thread rearranged to have the prefered bottom posting here. Yes, James is right, even the quick start of 1.1.18 should be exited for 2.0 to run. I had that experience. -- [URL=http://users.kbc.skynet.be/fi001005] *Belgische Ardennen - Ardennes Belge [/URL] ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
Leonidas Jones wrote: Peter Nieman wrote: On 29/10/09 21:41, desertgal wrote: /snip/ When I installed SM2 on a WinXP machine today, I didn't get the migration wizard either. I uninstalled SM1 without removing its profile, then installed SM2 and the wizard didn't come up. seamonkey -migration didn't work either. The solution for me was to uninstall SM2, then install SM1 again and after that install SM2 WITHOUT uninstalling SM1 first. That made the wizard come up. After that, I could unistall SM1. That was my XP experience as well. I left the 1.1.18 install in plce, and the migration worked very well. Lee When I install SM2 with SM1 in place, SM2 won't run. I've tried the manual migration of the profile still no migration wizard. I'm going to give it one more try by uninstalling both versions running a search on my computer the registry to remove all traces see if that works. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
desertgal wrote: When I install SM2 with SM1 in place, SM2 won't run. I am having that problem now. No matter which icon I click, even the seamonkey.exe executable in the sm 2 folder, when sm starts and I click HelpAbout it always comes up 1.1.18. Must I uninstall 1.1.18 to get 2.0 to run?? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
cciaffone wrote: When I install SM2 with SM1 in place, SM2 won't run. I am having that problem now. No matter which icon I click, even the seamonkey.exe executable in the sm 2 folder, when sm starts and I click HelpAbout it always comes up 1.1.18. Only if SM 1.1.18 is running at the same time. Must I uninstall 1.1.18 to get 2.0 to run?? No. Either quit SM 1.1.18 (completely, i.e. including Quick Launch if you use that) before starting SM 2.0 or start the latter with the -no-remote command line switch. HTH Jens -- Jens Hatlak http://jens.hatlak.de/ SeaMonkey Trunk Tracker http://smtt.blogspot.com/ ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Migrating a Profile
I tried this and it worked, but have I done any damage?? I made a new folder d:/seamonkey2/users and copied into it my 1.1.18 profile folder so it looks like this: d:/seamonkey2/users/myname Then in SM 2 I went into Manage Profiles, selected Create, and chose that as the folder. Bingo. I have a new myname profile with complete newsgroups, bookmarks, email, addys, etc. Altho it did not carry over the url history, if I start typing a URL I've used before, it finishes it for me. Anyhow, is this gonna be ok?? chuck ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:23:44 -0400, /cciaffone/: I tried this and it worked, but have I done any damage?? I made a new folder d:/seamonkey2/users and copied into it my 1.1.18 profile folder so it looks like this: d:/seamonkey2/users/myname Then in SM 2 I went into Manage Profiles, selected Create, and chose that as the folder. Bingo. I have a new myname profile with complete newsgroups, bookmarks, email, addys, etc. Altho it did not carry over the url history, if I start typing a URL I've used before, it finishes it for me. Anyhow, is this gonna be ok?? You seem to insist on doing stuff in strange ways. It happens you've got some of your old profile data this way, as its format hasn't changed (a lot) but you should not expect everything working smoothly. I can't even guarantee if you continue using thus imported profile to not wipe out by itself in future. Haven't you tried: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Manually_starting_profile_migration as suggested in another reply? -- Stanimir ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
cciaffone wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Haven't you tried: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Manually_starting_profile_migration Yes I have. I enter the command in the Run box. SM starts in Profile Manager. Not even a hint of the migration wizard. Hey!! I ran seamonkey.exe -migration with no profile name and the migration wizard started! The two profiles it let me migrate were Default and the myprofile I created previously. The migration wizard ran and now I have a legitimate myprofile profile -- I hope. Serially -- has this stuff really been tested?? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
cciaffone wrote: cciaffone wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Haven't you tried: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Manually_starting_profile_migration Yes I have. I enter the command in the Run box. SM starts in Profile Manager. Not even a hint of the migration wizard. Hey!! I ran seamonkey.exe -migration with no profile name and the migration wizard started! The two profiles it let me migrate were Default and the myprofile I created previously. The migration wizard ran and now I have a legitimate myprofile profile -- I hope. Serially -- has this stuff really been tested?? So what am I doing wrong. I installed SM2, started it got no migration wizard. I've tried the manual migration as stated above several times still no migration wizard. I can get profile manager, but no way to import profiles from what I've read just copying the old stuff from 1.1.18 into the folder doesn't work. Any more suggestions. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
cciaffone wrote: cciaffone wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Haven't you tried: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Manually_starting_profile_migration Yes I have. I enter the command in the Run box. SM starts in Profile Manager. Not even a hint of the migration wizard. Hey!! I ran seamonkey.exe -migration with no profile name and the migration wizard started! The two profiles it let me migrate were Default and the myprofile I created previously. The migration wizard ran and now I have a legitimate myprofile profile -- I hope. Serially -- has this stuff really been tested?? Yes. But however thoroughly software is tested, some people will always encounter problems. Lee ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
desertgal wrote: cciaffone wrote: cciaffone wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Haven't you tried: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Manually_starting_profile_migration Yes I have. I enter the command in the Run box. SM starts in Profile Manager. Not even a hint of the migration wizard. Hey!! I ran seamonkey.exe -migration with no profile name and the migration wizard started! The two profiles it let me migrate were Default and the myprofile I created previously. The migration wizard ran and now I have a legitimate myprofile profile -- I hope. Serially -- has this stuff really been tested?? So what am I doing wrong. I installed SM2, started it got no migration wizard. I've tried the manual migration as stated above several times still no migration wizard. I can get profile manager, but no way to import profiles from what I've read just copying the old stuff from 1.1.18 into the folder doesn't work. Any more suggestions. Here is the knowledgebase article on maual starting profile migration: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Manually_starting_profile_migration It should answer any question, but feel free to post back if you have any trouble. Lee ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
[SM 2.0] Re: Migrating a Profile
On 10/29/2009 01:18 PM, cciaffone wrote: cciaffone wrote: Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Haven't you tried: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Manually_starting_profile_migration Yes I have. I enter the command in the Run box. SM starts in Profile Manager. Not even a hint of the migration wizard. Hey!! I ran seamonkey.exe -migration with no profile name and the migration wizard started! The two profiles it let me migrate were Default and the myprofile I created previously. The migration wizard ran and now I have a legitimate myprofile profile -- I hope. Serially -- has this stuff really been tested?? Perhaps you were absent for the SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1 pre-testing - help wanted! announcement thread? Or the SeaMonkey 2.0 Release Candidate 1 announcement thread? The development wasn't done in some closed backroom one and all were invited to assist. SeaMonkey (contrary to popular belief) is an open source community effort. That means that it not only depends on the volunteer developers project/program leads, but the user community as well. Requests were announced during the stages of the development to ask folks to help test. Instructions were provided on how to install SeaMonkey 2.x in parallel to existing SeaMonkey 1.1.x installations. Users were asked to run the litmus tests (as basic as they are), and provide feedback to the developers. But to answer your question: this stuff really been tested?? Yes. It was tested to the best of any major release transition could be with the non-developers that participated and provided feedback. That doesn't mean all issues will have been noticed and/or resolved; for example I don't have imap accounts, so I couldn't test those for litmus. It does mean that it was tested well enough that the developers (and many testing users) felt it solid enough for general release. Will there be issues? Of course. Will there be folks unhappy with the transition? Of course, that is the way with any major software transition. You are part of the SeaMonkey user community; so your comments do count. Just try to remember that you were asked to help test along with the rest of us users, and unlike many closed source products, the ongoing effort to build a better product isn't confined to a few select 'beta testers'. Everything (except perhaps some sensitive security issues) is all out in the open; anyone can view the bug reports, submit a bug report, comment here, or comment on the mozilla.dev.apps.seamonkey group. Anyone can volunteer a code patch, volunteer to assist with documentation, etc., etc. Added comment I'll get off my soapbox: While I well expected to see a flood of can't do this anymore posts (the same was true for the transition to Fx 3.x and will be for the Thunderbird 3.x transition), I am surprised by many of the complaints/issues that are being raised just now by _longtime_ SeaMonkey users subscribers to this newsgroup. I've no issue with those with little or no experience in testing Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate, software. But it is disappointing (to me) to see longtime newsgroup members with a reasonable amount of 'tech savy' just now waving the 'can't do this flag' in a negative manner. If you've (not directed any anyone in particular) not participated in earlier testing, may I suggest that you post your issues with a [SM 2.0] tag and try to provide as much detail as possible regarding the issue? File a bug if you know how (bugzilla still bugs me but I try). If you don't know how to file a bug report, ask I'm sure that someone here will help you. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
On 29/10/09 21:41, desertgal wrote: So what am I doing wrong. I installed SM2, started it got no migration wizard. I've tried the manual migration as stated above several times still no migration wizard. I can get profile manager, but no way to import profiles from what I've read just copying the old stuff from 1.1.18 into the folder doesn't work. Any more suggestions. When I installed SM2 on a WinXP machine today, I didn't get the migration wizard either. I uninstalled SM1 without removing its profile, then installed SM2 and the wizard didn't come up. seamonkey -migration didn't work either. The solution for me was to uninstall SM2, then install SM1 again and after that install SM2 WITHOUT uninstalling SM1 first. That made the wizard come up. After that, I could unistall SM1. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating a Profile
Peter Nieman wrote: On 29/10/09 21:41, desertgal wrote: /snip/ When I installed SM2 on a WinXP machine today, I didn't get the migration wizard either. I uninstalled SM1 without removing its profile, then installed SM2 and the wizard didn't come up. seamonkey -migration didn't work either. The solution for me was to uninstall SM2, then install SM1 again and after that install SM2 WITHOUT uninstalling SM1 first. That made the wizard come up. After that, I could unistall SM1. That was my XP experience as well. I left the 1.1.18 install in plce, and the migration worked very well. Lee ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
