Mike Doroshenko II wrote:
On 08/08/2013 06:06 AM, Daniel wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
I just installed Windows 8 on a separate partition on my laptop and
copied
my profile over and get an error.
Do I have to do something else to transfer the profile over?
Once I have it working in Windows 8 and delete the profile from my
Windows 7 partition (need free space) can I have Windows 7 use the
>>> profile stored in the Windows 8 partition (or could I have it
>>> stored on my Data/Files partition)?
And the error message is .............??
Mike, I'm going to guess that it mentions something about the profile
being "Read Only" and suggest you have a look at where your profile is
located. Go to Edit->Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings, and select
"Sever Settings" for your Mail account. At the bottom of that screen,
you should see "Local directory".
Part of that should have something like "fgnvbfbg.default" (random
numbers and letters followed by default). Copy and cut or write on
paper or remember this part of the address. Close SeaMonkey, and in
Windows Explorer, go to this address, right click on the folder,
select "Properties", de-select "Read Only" and then select "Apply to
all files and sub-folders" or whatever the wording is and click apply.
If your W7 install of SeaMonkey can "see" the W8 profile, in Windows
Explorer, then, in w7 SM, Tools->Switch Profiles->Manage
Profiles->Create Profile then, on the screen after next, enter a
profile name ("Win8 SM", maybe) and on the same screen "Choose Folder"
and point to the "fgnvbfbg.default" folder and then o.k. your way out.
Mike, if you have sent or received any e-mails in the original Win8 SM
profile, you will then need to combine that profile with/into the
moved profile, so you don't lose anything. Ask back here when you get
to this stage.
HTH!
>> And the error message is .............??
> Sorry about that, I sent a screenshot as an attachment but it seems
> it got stripped away. It said "Your SeaMonkey profile cannot be
> loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible.
For future reference, Mike, attachments are not accepted on these
"support" newsgroups. There used to be one specifically set up for
images, but I don't think it is still in operation, so people have to do
what you did and post the image somewhere else and include a link.
> I checked the File System permissions and it still happened. I
> created a new profile and my email probably had to be redownloaded,
> it would be nice if I didn't have to do that...
Sorry, what do you mean by "... and it still happened"?
> I had better luck with ThunderBird.
Generally, if you can do something in TB, you can do it in SM.
> When you create a profile, it let's you import an existing one?
Didn't I say, on the screen where you name the new profile, you can
point it to the location of the old profile??
>> Mike, if you have sent or received any e-mails in the original Win8
>> SM profile, you will then need to combine that profile with/into the
>> moved profile, so you don't lose anything.
>
> Wouldn't the emails be there since they would be part of the shared
> profile?
>
> http://tinypic.com/r/szg395/5
Mike, didn't you, at one stage, have a new SM profile in Win8 and the
old SM profile in your Win7? When you moved/copied your Win7 SM profile
over to Win8, you should have had two SM profiles on Win8 and, still,
the Win7 SM profile original.
Or hadn't you actually created a Win8 SM "Mail & Newsgroup" profile,
just having made the Win8 SM browser function!!
--
Daniel
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