Ray_Net wrote:
First of all, i never let SM to do any update.
I agree.
I download all the stuff with the new version.
I first copy my profile(in case of). Then i do "add/remove program" to
completely remove SM.
and finally i install the new version.
But you are working harder than you need to. Consider this. SM changes
often. Maybe the new one will work for, maybe not. Don't get rid of
the old until you are sure you prefer the new.
Move your profile(s) to a neutral location, preferably some partition
other than the boot partition. Then create a shortcut with the target
like this;
H:\SM10-Win\seamonkey.exe -Profilemanager
Note, SM installed in a directory named seamonkey, I changed it to
something that is meaningful to me.
Now when you execute the shortcut it will open a profilemanager window.
The first time you do this you will have to lead profilemanager to
your profile thru the built-in filemanager. After that whenever you put
another version of SM on the HDD just create a shortcut for it as above.
Also, starting thru profilemanager provides an easy way for you to
manage multiple profiles. Maybe one for you and another for another
family member. Or maybe some test profiles. If there is a limit to the
number of profiles you can have available, I have never hit it.
You don't need to remove previous versions of SM until you are sure you
are done with them. You can have as many versions on the HDD as you
have space for. So long as the profile and the various versions are
compatible, just select the shortcut and they will all use the same profile.
Running new versions is easier if you use the ZIP distro rather than the
EXE. SM does not need to be "installed". Just unzip, change the
sub-directory name to something you want, create a shortcut, done. To
get rid of unwanted versions just delete the sub-directory. Windows
never knew it was there, and won't miss it when it is gone.
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/
I don't have any part of SM on the boot partition; programs, profiles,
mail. OSs also change. I have multiple versions of Win all using the
same SM files. But that is another story.
Ray
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