On 2/1/2012 1:18 PM Larry S. submitted the following: > Downloaded 2.7 from the "Check For Updates" link. All seemed well, until I > tried > to start SM after "Installation Completed". Got message "Can't find > SeaMonkey.exe". Searched all over, and guess what, it wasn't there. O.K., I'll > d/l using IE (ughh!), which is all I've got at this point. > > Same result, except that the message was "Can't read application.ini". > > Third try, and this time all seemed well until the "Checking Extensions . . ." > appeared, at which point the entire thing disappeared, SM icons and all. No > trace. > > Surrendering, I d/l 2.6.1 (in spite of the red and yellow warning). All well, > except that the opening page (SM welcome thing) came up blank, nothing worked, > and using Task Manager wouldn't close SM. > > Computer off, restart, SM starts o.k., replaced profile with the b/u copy, and > all seems well. > > Better than updating to 2.6.1, which was an even worse experience. Finally got > it installed and working, and eventually recovered some "lost" old family > e-mails, thanks to great help by Paul B. Gallagher in this news group. > > Recent SM updating process not a confidence builder!
No problem updating here with Windows XP SP3 -- Ed, W3BNR http://JonesFarm.us/W3BNR Powered by SeaMonkey: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ "Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." -Dave Barry _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey

