Ed Mullen wrote:
Arnie Goetchius wrote:
Lately I have been having trouble accessing selected web sites with my
Regular profile. If I use the Default profile, I have no problem. What I
would like to do is copy all of my Mail and Newsgroup settings to the
Default profile, delete my Regular profile and then rename Default to
Regular.
Is that possible or is there another way to clean up my Regular
profile of
all the crap I may have added over the years?
I recently did this.
Copy from old profile to new:
- all *.mab address books
- ImapMail and Mail folders
- chrome folder (if you have customized userChrome.css and/or
userContent.css
- News folder
- all *.sqlite files
- key3.db
- localstore.rdf
- mailviews.dat
- mimeTypes.dat
- panels.rdf
- secmod.db
- training.dat
- URL.tbl
Close SM
Open the prefs.js files for both profiles.
Copy from old to new prefs.js:
all lines beginning - user_pref("ldap_2
all lines beginning - user_pref("mail
all lines beginning - user_pref("mailnews
There are some other lines you could copy that would retain some of your
other customizations. But, if you're having trouble with a profile this
method is the minimal to migrate your mail and news info.
You can also enter "about:config" (no quotes) in the location bar and
hit Enter. Then sort by clicking the column header "Status". That will
easily show you which prefs have been "user set". Unfortunately, I
don't know of any way to print or save the page. In the past I've taken
screen shots to record my "user set" prefs.
Also see:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_SeaMonkey
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_SeaMonkey
Do NOT copy any prefs having to do with extensions or plugins. You'll
have to install extensions in the new profile.
I think that's about it but if I forgot something I'm sure someone else
will chime in. ;-)
The quick and dirty solution was to restore an old prefs.js from two
years ago. That solved the problem I was having with a particular
website. The old prefs.js was 123K while the one I replaced was 157K. I
don't know what other problems restoration of an old prefs.js may have
caused but I'm going to try it for awhile.
The mail and newsgroups stuff is all intact and that was the most
important consideration. Of course I have saved the latest prefs.js so I
can always revert to it if necessary.
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