L. Mark Hall wrote:
Well once again I tried to update to SM 2.0. This time the executable
actually opened, which is quite an improvement over endlessly double
clicking on the icon with nothing happening.
I tired to import my old profiles with the manual method; create a new
profile with the exact name of the old profile, select the folder
containing the old profile, close SM, open SM and select the profile
from the list. Now when I open the profile, it is just a new profile
with none of the data from my old profile. When I go and look at the
profile folder, I discover that SM has DELETED ALL OF THE OLD CONTENTS.
If I had not backed up the folder before trying this, I would be looking
for someone with an ax right now. Whose moronic idea was this, or am I
the moron for not knowing how to properly import a profile? I think that
at least a warning message would have been in order here. I have
literally tens of thousands of emails saved, along with lots of other
data, and the main reason I use SM is so that I can keep my profiles in
their own folders and back them up properly. This lets me just import
them if I have to re-install the OS, or SM.
Is there some reason that there is not an "import profile" tool where
you just point to a folder, say import, and done? This seems like such
an obvious no-brainer, it makes one wonder about opting for the wonky
manual method instead?
...still on SM 1.1.17
LMH
There is a migration tool, the import wizard:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey
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Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
We have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart?
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