Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
Frog wrote:
Daniel wrote:
Frog, I seem to remember, at one time, somewhere here, you mentioned
that you copied your profile from an old back-up. Might this have
been from a CD?? If so, the files copied from CD's may have been
marked as "Read-Only", which might explain why you are getting these
results.
Close All versions of SeaMonkey and if you have the SM quick start
icon down near the Start button turn it off as well.
Now open you Windows File Manager and go to the profile that you are
having troubles with and right click on the inbox file and have a
look at its properties to see if it is marked as "Read-Only".
If it is, un-check it and do likewise for the other files in the
profile, then go up a level and check and un-check those files, and
go up a level........until you reach a level where they are not
marked as "Read-Only"
Have fun.
Daniel
Thanks for the message---
As I said in my earlier messages, my technical knowledge is limited.
Before I do something "not so smart" I will ask my questions. Are you
referring to Windows Explorer when you say Windows File Manager?
That seems like a reasonable assumption and the one I would make.
If so, all of the entries there from SeaMonkey through all of my
accounts are "Read Only". I attempted to change one on them--the
change simply reverts back to "Read Only". That is why I believe I
must be in the wrong place to make the changes.
If the profile is located on a CD, you can't change file attributes. If
it's on an ordinary hard disk drive, you should be able to.
My profile for 1.1.18 is on my C: hard drive. The new migrated
(default) profile for 2.0.3 is also on my C: hard drive. I have nothing
associated with either version that is on a CD. I do have a Feb. 15
complete backup of my internal hard drive (C: and E: drives)on a USB
external hard drive.
With SeaMonkey closed, of course...
In Windows Explorer, select the profile directory (the one above
xxxxxxxx.slt, where "xxxxxxxx" is a random assortment of numbers and
letters) and right-click the folder name. One of the options should be
"Properties." Choose that.
The dialog that appears should have checkboxes as follows:
Attributes: [ ] Read-only [Advanced...]
[ ] Hidden
Click the "Read-only" check box once to clear it, or more than once if
necessary, but don't double-click it. Then click the "Apply" button at
the bottom. Windows will prompt you, asking whether to apply the change
only to the folder itself, or to the folder and all its contents. Tell
it to apply the change to all the contents. After a minute of thinking,
it should mark each and every file and subdirectory within the profile
as read-only.
You don't have to go through hundreds or thousands of files one at a
time by hand.
This process does not work on my system. I made the changes as you
suggested. After making the change, I went back to see if the "Read
Only" was deselected. To my surprise, the "Read Only" was again
selected. I attempted to make this change several times with the same
results. I then made a visit to 1.1.18 and "Read Only" was also
selected in this version, and the items in the drop down window under
"Go" were black and respond to my mouse clicks.
Frog
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