It works the same way, despite what the installation instructions say.
Apparently what fooled me to start with [other than the explicitly
incorrect instructions] is that the quick launch icon seems to have been
changed to point to the new version. And a very quick look only showed
one copy; but a second look showed the old one at a slightly different
location. I'm pretty sure it works on Vista just like on XP. Sorry for
the confusion.
James
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From: Leonidas Jones<[email protected]>
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Where To Install SM2..
Message-ID:<[email protected]>
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James wrote:
> I just updated and as far as I can see the entire old Seamonkey is gone
> [overwritten] just like the Seamonkey site tells you it's going to be. I
> just wondered where you got the idea that it wouldn't do what they
> specifically tell you it_will_ do. Perhaps in a Beta???
>
> Anyway, clicking on my old shortcut to Seamonkey 1.x now loads Seamonkey
> 2.0 and I don't see the old one anywhere. It's probably not a good idea
> to keep telling people they'll still have the old version to fall back
> on when the download page tells you that you won't. Maybe if you
> installed it in some other location???
>
> I'm using Vista Home Basic 64 bit.
>
> James
> .
> .
>
>
>> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:44:07 -0400
>> From: Leonidas Jones<[email protected]>
>> To:[email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Where To Install SM2..
>> Message-ID:<[email protected]>
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>>
>> James wrote:
>>> > Then why is this note on the Seamonkey page under Installation?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>> >> Installation
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Please note that installing SeaMonkey 2.0 will overwrite your
>>>> existing
>>>> >> installation of SeaMonkey. You won't lose any of your bookmarks,
>>>> >> browsing history or mail and news messages, but some of your
>>>> >> extensions and other add-ons might not work until updates for
>>>> them are
>>>> >> made available.
>>>> >>
>>> > .
>>> > .
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > James
>>> > .
>>> > .
>>>> >> First of all, even if you install SM 2.0 in the default location, it
>>>> >> will not overwrite the existing SM 1.1.x. It installs to its own
>>>> >> location, and sets up a new profile in a new location. As long as
>>>> you
>>>> >> do not uninstall SM 1.1.x, you cn easily run the two
>>>> independently of
>>>> >> each other.
>>> >
>>> >
>> Well, all I can say is that installing 2.0 on Win XP SP3 installed to a
>> separate SeaMonkey folder in Program Files, leaving 1.1.14 untouched in
>> the mozilla.org folder.
>>
>> On the other hand, on Mac OS X, I installed it as instructed to
>> Applications, which did overwrite 1.1.18.
>>
>> At least that is what happened to me.
>>
>> Lee
>
Okay, my testing has been done on XP Pro sp3, as I have been stating
right along. I don't know how it will behave on Vista.
Lee
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