Daniel wrote: > HenriK wrote: >> HenriK wrote: >>> JohnW-Mpls wrote: >>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:42:18 -0500, HenriK <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> HenriK wrote: >>>>>> My memory is that a workaround was required when one wanted to have >>>>>> SM v.1.x installed in a HD partition other than c:\. >>>>>> >>>>>> Does SM v.2.x also require some sort of a workaround if one desires >>>>>> it to be installed in a HD partition other than c:\? If so, where >>>>>> do I find the instructions for the workaround? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance for the assistance. >>>>> >>>>> I am very appreciative of the good advice but I still am not doing >>>>> something right or am a bit thick in the head. >>>>> >>>>> I copied the original profile location under 'Documents and >>>>> Settings' on my c:\ drive (all of the stuff in the folder that has >>>>> what appears to be a randomly generated name) and then pasted it to >>>>> the partition where I really want these files to reside. I further >>>>> pointed SeaMonkey e-mail to the new location. >>>>> >>>>> What has happened is quite weird. The mail now goes to the new >>>>> location but the address book and the bookmarks (and perhaps other >>>>> things) have remained in the original 'Documents and Settings' >>>>> folder on my c:\ drive. >>>>> >>>>> Can anybody suggest what I might have done wrong and suggest a fix >>>>> for the problem? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, in advance, for suggestions and comments. >>>> >>>> The following is the memo I left myself after I upped to SM2 .0 on my >>>> C: drive and then moved my SM 1.18 profile on my D: drive to a new >>>> folder on the D: drive for SM 2.0. >>>> + + + + + + >>>> >>>> Moving SM2 Profile >>>> SM newsgp >>>> >>>> I successfully moved my SM2 profile from under XP on my C: drive to my >>>> D: drive where I keep all my data files. Took me only 3 installs to >>>> get it right! [grin] >>>> >>>> First thing was to clean up old SM files under XP. That included >>>> uninstalling SM1.1.18 and deleting the SM2 profile that had been >>>> created when I tried a beta copy of SM2 (location - C:\Documents and >>>> Settings\John W\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles) >>>> >>>> Install of SM2 was easy including importing all my SM1.1.18 profile >>>> info that was on my D: drive. >>>> >>>> I then created a new directory on my D: drive for the SM2 profile (I >>>> labeled it moz). >>>> >>>> With SM2 running again, I hit Tools|Switch Profile and clicked to >>>> create a new profile. I selected my new D:\moz as the location and >>>> named the new profile (JW for me). Closed SM. >>>> >>>> Using Win Explorer, I copied my SM1 profile files under D:\nsp to the >>>> new SM2 profile location, D:\moz. That is: I copied everything under >>>> that crazy code number (that Netscape assigned when I first set-up >>>> that profile) D:\nsp\jw\6tw0u8b7.slt to D\moz. Exited Explorer. >>>> >>>> Restarted SM2 and all my old profile info came up just fine with >>>> Browser, Mail, Addresses all looking and acting just like SM1. >>>> >>>> After that, I did clean up - went back to Tools|Switch Profile and >>>> deleted the default profile that was set up when I first installed >>>> SM2. >>>> >>>> + + + + + + >>>> >>> >>> Lacking any other suggestion, I tried to follow your approach. Since I >>> had started with a clean SM v.2.0.1 install, copied all of the messed >>> up profile information to a CD-R and deleted the profile folders from >>> both my c:\ partition 'Documents and Settings' directory (folder) and >>> from the partition and directory where I tried to move the profiles. I >>> then tried to restart SM. It would NOT restart and returned the error >>> message: >>> >>> "SeaMonkey is already running but is not responding. To open an new >>> window, you must first close the existing SeaMonkey process, or restart >>> your system". >>> >>> As I noted previously in response to an earlier suggestion that I don't >>> understand what it means to "... close the existing SeaMonkey process >>> ..." and I don't see any SeaMonkey processes running when I do >>> contr-alt-del, I gave up and completely deleted the SM v.2.01 >>> installation with the Control Panel program removal capability. To >>> make certain that SM was completely gone, I also ran Norton WinDoctor >>> 2005 twice and it found several SM-related registry entries and I >>> deleted those as well. >>> >>> I then cold booted the system and downloaded a new copy of the SM >>> v.2.0.2 installer. The installer reported that SM v.2.0.2 was >>> installed. When I tried to open SM it would not open and I again >>> received the error message: >>> >>> "SeaMonkey is already running but is not responding. To open an new >>> window, you must first close the existing SeaMonkey process, or restart >>> your system". >>> >>> I have now repeated the same total delete and new install process >>> exactly as indicated above twice and each time get the same error >>> message. I have been around since the MS-DOS days and, to some degree, >>> know how to recognize the existence of files within a directory >>> (folder). The only thing I can think of is that SM has left behind >>> some hidden file somewhere that I can't see and/or don't know where to >>> find so it can be removed. >>> >>> It would really be appreciated if someone could provide some >>> suggestions on what has caused this error message problem and how to >>> get out of it. I am way out of my depth. Once I can get SM to run >>> again, then I can return to the issue of trying to move the profile >>> folders out of c:\ 'Documents and Settings' to where I want them to be. >>> >>> Thanks, in advance, for any assistance. >> >> I should have mentioned that the computer experiencing this problem is a >> 966 mHz P3 system running Windows XP-Home SP-3. > > Henrik, looks like you've just about done everything possible, but > your computer just doesn't want to let go.... > > I note you say you checked Cont-Alt-Del panel to check that there was > no SM running in the background...that's my normal first suggestion, > so all I can suggest is when you start up the computer (after the cold > start), is SeaMonkey showing down near the start button?? > > No, a second thing just occured to me. When you start SM (or at least > it's predecessor Mozilla Suite did), it writes a blank file called (I > think) parent.lock so that you can only have one copy of SeaMonkey > running at one time. With SM all closed out do a system wide search > for parent.lock. > > HTH > While checking the Ctrl-Alt-Del do not just check the Applications but also the Processes. At time after I shut down nothing shows in the Application but it is listed in the Processes yet. Just a thought.
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