Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Robert Kaiser wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: If you wish to migrate more than one profile or set the profile name, run SeaMonkey with the following arguments (one after another): * Seamonkey -createProfile ProfileName * Seamonkey -P ProfileName -migration taken from: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#SeaMonkey_2_profile_migration Hopefully the original poster will see that. But I hope that by whenever the actual release takes place that this won't be needed. I doubt I have more than three useful profiles on any one machine, but I do know people who have many. Particularly Windows people who seem to share logins more than Mac/Linux folks. We don't have any plans to change this, and it's not really easy to do either (patches for making it both easy and not disturb people not wanting it are welcome). You probably will need those manual commandline steps if you want to import multiple profiles from 1.x to 2.x even in final. I also think that fixing the slight bugs in the import functionality we already have is higher priority than creating a compelling and unintrusive multi-profile-import user interface. What is important though is that there is a way to do it, even if it needs some commandline interaction. Perhaps your experience with getting people to use command line is better than mine, in my experience with command line and most users: Linux don't want to Mac don't need to Windows don't understand the concept Obviously there are exceptions. I hope you have better luck with this than I do. -- Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked. - from Slashdot ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Bill Davidsen wrote: Robert Kaiser wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: If you wish to migrate more than one profile or set the profile name, run SeaMonkey with the following arguments (one after another): * Seamonkey -createProfile ProfileName * Seamonkey -P ProfileName -migration taken from: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#SeaMonkey_2_profile_migration Hopefully the original poster will see that. But I hope that by whenever the actual release takes place that this won't be needed. I doubt I have more than three useful profiles on any one machine, but I do know people who have many. Particularly Windows people who seem to share logins more than Mac/Linux folks. We don't have any plans to change this, and it's not really easy to do either (patches for making it both easy and not disturb people not wanting it are welcome). You probably will need those manual commandline steps if you want to import multiple profiles from 1.x to 2.x even in final. I also think that fixing the slight bugs in the import functionality we already have is higher priority than creating a compelling and unintrusive multi-profile-import user interface. What is important though is that there is a way to do it, even if it needs some commandline interaction. Perhaps your experience with getting people to use command line is better than mine, in my experience with command line and most users: Linuxdon't want to Macdon't need to Windowsdon't understand the concept Obviously there are exceptions. I guess I'm one of the exceptions. Having started with an Atari 800 in the early '80s and graduating to an ATT PC6300 in 1984 with MS DOS 2.11, the command line is second nature. The command line per se is not a problem for me. It is the other issues (discussed elsewhere in this thread - getting the initial installation to allow me to install the profiles directly on eg. F: partition without having to install on C: and then move somewhere else) that are giving me heartburn. I hope you have better luck with this than I do. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: NoOp schrieb: On 08/03/2009 03:15 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: ... I uninstalled and installed many times all weekend and today but was never able to get it to prompt me for the import wizard. It always went straight to the Profile Manager. Of course I can add all 8 profiles there manually but that sucks. Each profile has it's own in-box and newsgroups. So have you tried to use C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe -P SM2profile -migration as suggested? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard regards Martin Yes, I did try that, many times. It worked once but after the first time, it sends me directly to the Profile Manager. It no longer gets me to the Import Wizard no matter what I try. What does 'Tools|Import' bring up? That should bring up the import wizard. If it does not show the other profiles, then the issue is that you have them on 'F' and SM most likely doesn't know how to go and find them. Seamonkey should look where the profile is by looking where SM1 stored the profile not by guessing the location to the default one. I always have my profile on a D: drive and the migration found it, too. (although I hve to admit I didn't start the migration wizard manually to import several profiles like that) regards Martin That fact you have your profile on the D: drive will, apparently, become irrelevant on SM2. According to Robert Kaiser's Uninstallation instructions, it states that the profile(s) in SM2, where SM2 stores your data, are located (for Windows XP) Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey. In my installation, all of the data from SM1 was copied to this new profile location on the C: partition. Since I wasn't prepared for this, my C: partition ran out of room part way through the installation. A lot of what should have been transferred was not. No doubt this has caused many of the other problems I have been having getting this going. I had to do a repair installation of Windows XP and re-partition my C partition to add about 4 GB to accommodate SM2 and all of the email imported from my F: partition. If I can't get SM2 to recognize Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey on another partition, I doubt that I will ever use SM2. As a general rule, I don't like to put anything on the C: partition except the OS and it doesn't look like SM2 will let me do that. Please, anybody, correct me if I am wrong. Arne, I'm guessing that if YOU want YOUR profile where YOU want it, YOU will have to do a custom installation each time YOU upgrade. I've (almost) always had my profile where I wanted it, so did Custom Installations. Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Daniel wrote: Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: NoOp schrieb: On 08/03/2009 03:15 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: ... I uninstalled and installed many times all weekend and today but was never able to get it to prompt me for the import wizard. It always went straight to the Profile Manager. Of course I can add all 8 profiles there manually but that sucks. Each profile has it's own in-box and newsgroups. So have you tried to use C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe -P SM2profile -migration as suggested? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard regards Martin Yes, I did try that, many times. It worked once but after the first time, it sends me directly to the Profile Manager. It no longer gets me to the Import Wizard no matter what I try. What does 'Tools|Import' bring up? That should bring up the import wizard. If it does not show the other profiles, then the issue is that you have them on 'F' and SM most likely doesn't know how to go and find them. Seamonkey should look where the profile is by looking where SM1 stored the profile not by guessing the location to the default one. I always have my profile on a D: drive and the migration found it, too. (although I hve to admit I didn't start the migration wizard manually to import several profiles like that) regards Martin That fact you have your profile on the D: drive will, apparently, become irrelevant on SM2. According to Robert Kaiser's Uninstallation instructions, it states that the profile(s) in SM2, where SM2 stores your data, are located (for Windows XP) Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey. In my installation, all of the data from SM1 was copied to this new profile location on the C: partition. Since I wasn't prepared for this, my C: partition ran out of room part way through the installation. A lot of what should have been transferred was not. No doubt this has caused many of the other problems I have been having getting this going. I had to do a repair installation of Windows XP and re-partition my C partition to add about 4 GB to accommodate SM2 and all of the email imported from my F: partition. If I can't get SM2 to recognize Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey on another partition, I doubt that I will ever use SM2. As a general rule, I don't like to put anything on the C: partition except the OS and it doesn't look like SM2 will let me do that. Please, anybody, correct me if I am wrong. Arne, I'm guessing that if YOU want YOUR profile where YOU want it, YOU will have to do a custom installation each time YOU upgrade. I've (almost) always had my profile where I wanted it, so did Custom Installations. Daniel I did do a custom installation which allowed me to put the program on partition F:. In SM1, that would also put profile on F:. However, SM2 puts the profile and all of the mail and newsgroups on the C: partition under Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey See Robert Kaiser's uninstall instructions for verification of this location http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/2.0/install-and-uninstall where it states Any version of SeaMonkey 2 or higher that you install after removing SeaMonkey 2 will continue to use the data from this profile folder. Note that SeaMonkey 1.x does not share this location of the profile folder and uses data from an independent location. There is no control that I can find that will let me put the profile folder and all of the sub-folder any place but on C: :( ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Daniel wrote: Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: NoOp schrieb: On 08/03/2009 03:15 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: ... I uninstalled and installed many times all weekend and today but was never able to get it to prompt me for the import wizard. It always went straight to the Profile Manager. Of course I can add all 8 profiles there manually but that sucks. Each profile has it's own in-box and newsgroups. So have you tried to use C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe -P SM2profile -migration as suggested? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard regards Martin Yes, I did try that, many times. It worked once but after the first time, it sends me directly to the Profile Manager. It no longer gets me to the Import Wizard no matter what I try. What does 'Tools|Import' bring up? That should bring up the import wizard. If it does not show the other profiles, then the issue is that you have them on 'F' and SM most likely doesn't know how to go and find them. Seamonkey should look where the profile is by looking where SM1 stored the profile not by guessing the location to the default one. I always have my profile on a D: drive and the migration found it, too. (although I hve to admit I didn't start the migration wizard manually to import several profiles like that) regards Martin That fact you have your profile on the D: drive will, apparently, become irrelevant on SM2. According to Robert Kaiser's Uninstallation instructions, it states that the profile(s) in SM2, where SM2 stores your data, are located (for Windows XP) Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey. In my installation, all of the data from SM1 was copied to this new profile location on the C: partition. Since I wasn't prepared for this, my C: partition ran out of room part way through the installation. A lot of what should have been transferred was not. No doubt this has caused many of the other problems I have been having getting this going. I had to do a repair installation of Windows XP and re-partition my C partition to add about 4 GB to accommodate SM2 and all of the email imported from my F: partition. If I can't get SM2 to recognize Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey on another partition, I doubt that I will ever use SM2. As a general rule, I don't like to put anything on the C: partition except the OS and it doesn't look like SM2 will let me do that. Please, anybody, correct me if I am wrong. Arne, I'm guessing that if YOU want YOUR profile where YOU want it, YOU will have to do a custom installation each time YOU upgrade. I've (almost) always had my profile where I wanted it, so did Custom Installations. Daniel Further research shows a way of moving the profile to another location. It is included in http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder under the heading of Modify profiles.ini to point to the new location - Advanced. - Firefox Thunderbird and SeaMonkey 2 So it appears that there is a workaround to get the files where I want them. Presumably, the profile folder is installed on the C: partition on the initial install no matter what you say in the Custom install dialogue. After that, you can use the above instructions to move the profile to another partition. I have not tried it yet. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Martin Feitag wrote: NoOp schrieb: On 08/03/2009 03:15 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: ... I uninstalled and installed many times all weekend and today but was never able to get it to prompt me for the import wizard. It always went straight to the Profile Manager. Of course I can add all 8 profiles there manually but that sucks. Each profile has it's own in-box and newsgroups. So have you tried to use C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe -P SM2profile -migration as suggested? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard regards Martin Yes, I did try that, many times. It worked once but after the first time, it sends me directly to the Profile Manager. It no longer gets me to the Import Wizard no matter what I try. What does 'Tools|Import' bring up? That should bring up the import wizard. If it does not show the other profiles, then the issue is that you have them on 'F' and SM most likely doesn't know how to go and find them. Seamonkey should look where the profile is by looking where SM1 stored the profile not by guessing the location to the default one. I always have my profile on a D: drive and the migration found it, too. (although I hve to admit I didn't start the migration wizard manually to import several profiles like that) regards Martin That fact you have your profile on the D: drive will, apparently, become irrelevant on SM2. According to Robert Kaiser's Uninstallation instructions, it states that the profile(s) in SM2, where SM2 stores your data, are located (for Windows XP) Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey. In my installation, all of the data from SM1 was copied to this new profile location on the C: partition. Since I wasn't prepared for this, my C: partition ran out of room part way through the installation. A lot of what should have been transferred was not. No doubt this has caused many of the other problems I have been having getting this going. I had to do a repair installation of Windows XP and re-partition my C partition to add about 4 GB to accommodate SM2 and all of the email imported from my F: partition. If I can't get SM2 to recognize Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey on another partition, I doubt that I will ever use SM2. As a general rule, I don't like to put anything on the C: partition except the OS and it doesn't look like SM2 will let me do that. Please, anybody, correct me if I am wrong. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
NoOp schrieb: On 08/03/2009 03:15 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: ... I uninstalled and installed many times all weekend and today but was never able to get it to prompt me for the import wizard. It always went straight to the Profile Manager. Of course I can add all 8 profiles there manually but that sucks. Each profile has it's own in-box and newsgroups. So have you tried to use C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe -P SM2profile -migration as suggested? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard regards Martin Yes, I did try that, many times. It worked once but after the first time, it sends me directly to the Profile Manager. It no longer gets me to the Import Wizard no matter what I try. What does 'Tools|Import' bring up? That should bring up the import wizard. If it does not show the other profiles, then the issue is that you have them on 'F' and SM most likely doesn't know how to go and find them. Seamonkey should look where the profile is by looking where SM1 stored the profile not by guessing the location to the default one. I always have my profile on a D: drive and the migration found it, too. (although I hve to admit I didn't start the migration wizard manually to import several profiles like that) regards Martin -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - http://www.gerstbach.at/2004/ascii ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
On 08/04/2009 08:33 AM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: NoOp wrote: On 08/03/2009 03:15 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: ... I uninstalled and installed many times all weekend and today but was never able to get it to prompt me for the import wizard. It always went straight to the Profile Manager. Of course I can add all 8 profiles there manually but that sucks. Each profile has it's own in-box and newsgroups. So have you tried to use C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe -P SM2profile -migration as suggested? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard regards Martin Yes, I did try that, many times. It worked once but after the first time, it sends me directly to the Profile Manager. It no longer gets me to the Import Wizard no matter what I try. What does 'Tools|Import' bring up? That should bring up the import wizard. If it does not show the other profiles, then the issue is that you have them on 'F' and SM most likely doesn't know how to go and find them. There is no 'Tools|Import'. The only thing under 'Tools' related to profiles is 'Switch Profile'. Help shows 2.0B1 That's odd. I checked on a Win2K that I am testing: Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1pre) Gecko/20090717 SeaMonkey/2.0b1 and my standard linux: Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1pre) Gecko/20090717 SeaMonkey/2.0b1 And 'Tools|Import' is showing (and working) on both. Can you please post your 'Build identifier' as above? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
On 08/04/2009 11:02 AM, NoOp wrote: On 08/04/2009 08:33 AM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: ... There is no 'Tools|Import'. The only thing under 'Tools' related to profiles is 'Switch Profile'. Help shows 2.0B1 That's odd. I checked on a Win2K that I am testing: Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1pre) Gecko/20090717 SeaMonkey/2.0b1 and my standard linux: Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1pre) Gecko/20090717 SeaMonkey/2.0b1 And 'Tools|Import' is showing (and working) on both. Can you please post your 'Build identifier' as above? Forgot to mention; that is 'Tools|Import' from the Mail/New window, not the browser window. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Arnie Goetchius schrieb: NoOp wrote: On 08/01/2009 08:35 PM, NoOp wrote: On 08/01/2009 03:31 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: ... Further down it shows a Import Wizard showing multiple profiles: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard Does this not work? Or is that the issue, that you can only select one at time? I have installed and uninstalled B1 three times and cannot open the Import Wizard at all on install NO 2 and No 3. It did show up on the first install. Apparently the uninstall (Windows XP remove) is leaving some thing in some folder somewhere that is preventing the Import Wizard from running at all on Installs No 2 or No 3. Possible - see my last #12,13,14 comments: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506638 Trying the command options will add the profile to the list but the -migrate option does not get the information from 1.17. The only way to get the information into the newly added profile is to add it manually. I've just tested on Win2KPro by: 1. Creating an additional profile (tests) in 1.1.17 and adding this newsgroup to it so I can test, 2. Opening the import wizard in 2.0b1 by running SeaMonkey C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey -migration and the import wizard comes up showing both my default 1.1.17 *and* the newly created 'tests' profile. Tick the 'tests profile, import it, reopen 2.0b1, and the 'tests' profile is there working just fine. So, for me it does indeed work. I can test on WinXP tomorrow Also just uninstalled 2.0b1 (including profile) and reinstalled; on this reinstall 2.0b1 prompts me on the import wizard for both the 'default' and the 'tests' profiles. I uninstalled and installed many times all weekend and today but was never able to get it to prompt me for the import wizard. It always went straight to the Profile Manager. Of course I can add all 8 profiles there manually but that sucks. Each profile has it's own in-box and newsgroups. So have you tried to use C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe -P SM2profile -migration as suggested? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard regards Martin -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - http://www.gerstbach.at/2004/ascii ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Martin Feitag wrote: Arnie Goetchius schrieb: NoOp wrote: On 08/01/2009 08:35 PM, NoOp wrote: On 08/01/2009 03:31 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: ... Further down it shows a Import Wizard showing multiple profiles: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard Does this not work? Or is that the issue, that you can only select one at time? I have installed and uninstalled B1 three times and cannot open the Import Wizard at all on install NO 2 and No 3. It did show up on the first install. Apparently the uninstall (Windows XP remove) is leaving some thing in some folder somewhere that is preventing the Import Wizard from running at all on Installs No 2 or No 3. Possible - see my last #12,13,14 comments: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506638 Trying the command options will add the profile to the list but the -migrate option does not get the information from 1.17. The only way to get the information into the newly added profile is to add it manually. I've just tested on Win2KPro by: 1. Creating an additional profile (tests) in 1.1.17 and adding this newsgroup to it so I can test, 2. Opening the import wizard in 2.0b1 by running SeaMonkey C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey -migration and the import wizard comes up showing both my default 1.1.17 *and* the newly created 'tests' profile. Tick the 'tests profile, import it, reopen 2.0b1, and the 'tests' profile is there working just fine. So, for me it does indeed work. I can test on WinXP tomorrow Also just uninstalled 2.0b1 (including profile) and reinstalled; on this reinstall 2.0b1 prompts me on the import wizard for both the 'default' and the 'tests' profiles. I uninstalled and installed many times all weekend and today but was never able to get it to prompt me for the import wizard. It always went straight to the Profile Manager. Of course I can add all 8 profiles there manually but that sucks. Each profile has it's own in-box and newsgroups. So have you tried to use C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe -P SM2profile -migration as suggested? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard regards Martin Yes, I did try that, many times. It worked once but after the first time, it sends me directly to the Profile Manager. It no longer gets me to the Import Wizard no matter what I try. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
On 08/03/2009 03:15 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: Martin Feitag wrote: ... I uninstalled and installed many times all weekend and today but was never able to get it to prompt me for the import wizard. It always went straight to the Profile Manager. Of course I can add all 8 profiles there manually but that sucks. Each profile has it's own in-box and newsgroups. So have you tried to use C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe -P SM2profile -migration as suggested? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard regards Martin Yes, I did try that, many times. It worked once but after the first time, it sends me directly to the Profile Manager. It no longer gets me to the Import Wizard no matter what I try. What does 'Tools|Import' bring up? That should bring up the import wizard. If it does not show the other profiles, then the issue is that you have them on 'F' and SM most likely doesn't know how to go and find them. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
On 08/01/2009 08:35 PM, NoOp wrote: On 08/01/2009 03:31 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote: ... Further down it shows a Import Wizard showing multiple profiles: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Import_Wizard Does this not work? Or is that the issue, that you can only select one at time? I have installed and uninstalled B1 three times and cannot open the Import Wizard at all on install NO 2 and No 3. It did show up on the first install. Apparently the uninstall (Windows XP remove) is leaving some thing in some folder somewhere that is preventing the Import Wizard from running at all on Installs No 2 or No 3. Possible - see my last #12,13,14 comments: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506638 Trying the command options will add the profile to the list but the -migrate option does not get the information from 1.17. The only way to get the information into the newly added profile is to add it manually. I've just tested on Win2KPro by: 1. Creating an additional profile (tests) in 1.1.17 and adding this newsgroup to it so I can test, 2. Opening the import wizard in 2.0b1 by running SeaMonkey C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey -migration and the import wizard comes up showing both my default 1.1.17 *and* the newly created 'tests' profile. Tick the 'tests profile, import it, reopen 2.0b1, and the 'tests' profile is there working just fine. So, for me it does indeed work. I can test on WinXP tomorrow Also just uninstalled 2.0b1 (including profile) and reinstalled; on this reinstall 2.0b1 prompts me on the import wizard for both the 'default' and the 'tests' profiles. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Martin Feitag wrote: Bill Davidsen schrieb: Arnie Goetchius wrote: I was running SM 2.0a3 on WinXP for about an hour but decided to revert back to 1.17. I uninstalled with Remove Programs from XP Control settings and then re-installed 1.17 with no problem. My main reason for uninstalling was the inability of the SM 2.0a3 to import all 8 of my profiles. It would only import 1. I understand there are work arounds (discussed in another thread) for this problem. However, I would really like SM 2.0a3 to give me the option of clicking on all of the profiles for import instead of just one. Yes, that's kind of a show stopper. Requiring the user to do magic for something which should just WORK is going to keep some users from upgrading, and people who make use of multiple profiles probably are the kind of user you want saying good things about a new version. First of all Beta1 is the current one, not alpha3 ;-) I didn't mention that to the O.P. since the problem remains... Of course the migration of more profiles would be a luxury but you can migrate with only a few steps: The following is useful, but I suspect it's complex enough to confuse some people. And I haven't migrated a profile after it was renamed, hopefully that will work. If you wish to migrate more than one profile or set the profile name, run SeaMonkey with the following arguments (one after another): * Seamonkey -createProfile ProfileName * Seamonkey -P ProfileName -migration taken from: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#SeaMonkey_2_profile_migration regards Hopefully the original poster will see that. But I hope that by whenever the actual release takes place that this won't be needed. I doubt I have more than three useful profiles on any one machine, but I do know people who have many. Particularly Windows people who seem to share logins more than Mac/Linux folks. Thanks for the link. -- Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked. - from Slashdot ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
I was running SM 2.0a3 on WinXP for about an hour but decided to revert back to 1.17. I uninstalled with Remove Programs from XP Control settings and then re-installed 1.17 with no problem. My main reason for uninstalling was the inability of the SM 2.0a3 to import all 8 of my profiles. It would only import 1. I understand there are work arounds (discussed in another thread) for this problem. However, I would really like SM 2.0a3 to give me the option of clicking on all of the profiles for import instead of just one. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Uninstalling SM 2.0a3 and reverting to 1.17 on WinXP - No Problem
Bill Davidsen schrieb: Arnie Goetchius wrote: I was running SM 2.0a3 on WinXP for about an hour but decided to revert back to 1.17. I uninstalled with Remove Programs from XP Control settings and then re-installed 1.17 with no problem. My main reason for uninstalling was the inability of the SM 2.0a3 to import all 8 of my profiles. It would only import 1. I understand there are work arounds (discussed in another thread) for this problem. However, I would really like SM 2.0a3 to give me the option of clicking on all of the profiles for import instead of just one. Yes, that's kind of a show stopper. Requiring the user to do magic for something which should just WORK is going to keep some users from upgrading, and people who make use of multiple profiles probably are the kind of user you want saying good things about a new version. First of all Beta1 is the current one, not alpha3 ;-) Of course the migration of more profiles would be a luxury but you can migrate with only a few steps: If you wish to migrate more than one profile or set the profile name, run SeaMonkey with the following arguments (one after another): * Seamonkey -createProfile ProfileName * Seamonkey -P ProfileName -migration taken from: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#SeaMonkey_2_profile_migration regards Martin ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
