[email protected] wrote:
You appear to think I know more than I actually do. While I know how to
manually copy files from particular directories (folders) and
sub-directories (sub-folders) and paste them where I want to put them
(from my MS-DOS days), I have never really understood how Windows works.
I didn't understand your instructions for retrieving the bookmarks
files. Do I just copy places.sqlite from an old back up and paste it
into the profile, overwriting whatever file with the same name is there?
I really do need guidance is a rather elementary form. Thanks, in
advance, for any additional assistance.
Best practices:
1) Close SeaMonkey. This ensures that a) any files you want to
manipulate are not locked as "in use"; and b) any files you manipulate
are not overwritten by SeaMonkey's normal shutdown process.
2) Rename the problem file, for example, as places.sqlite.bad, so you
have the option of restoring it later in case the proposed solution
doesn't work.
3) Copy the replacement file (from your backup) to the same folder where
the problem file resides.
4) Restart SeaMonkey and see if it worked. If not, close SM, delete the
replacement file, and unrename the original file, so you're back where
you started.
If you have several backups of various ages, start with the most recent
one. If it doesn't help, close SM and try the next newest, working your
way backward through the backups until you come to one that does work.
In that case, don't bother deleting the replacement file and renaming
the problem file; just overwrite each replacement file with the next
attempt.
Hope that's clear and helpful.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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