On 10/8/2014 6:39 PM, SamuelS wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 10/8/2014 4:40 PM, SamuelS wrote: >>> SamuelS wrote: >>>> Hello all, running SM 2.29.1 on Win 8.1 >>>> >>>> I want to delete a few unused/unneeded profiles while moving my SM >>>> folder from one drive to another. >>>> >>>> Consistently I receive an error message which says something to the >>>> effect "cannot delete as this profile is in use etc.." despite the >>>> fact that SM is NOT running, how do I take care of this? I need to >>>> move the profile as it is hogging up a small drive and causing problems. >>>> >>>> TIA - bo1953 >>> Okay, now my challenge is, I have moved the SM profile from disk C to >>> disk D, my issue is after pointing the new profile in SM Profile >>> Manager, I receive the following message: >>> >>> SeaMonkey cannot use the profile"Default user1." It may be in use, >>> unavailable or damaged. Please choose another profile or create a new one. >>> >>> What is the issue I have created here in trying to change the profile >>> location? I have been able to change two (2) others without issues. >>> >>> TIA - bo1953 >>> >> Locate the file profles.ini for SeaMonkey. In my configuration (and in >> general), it is at >> <C:\Users\zyx\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\profiles.ini>, where >> "zyx" is my Windows account name. >> >> The file should contain a pointer to the folder where your profile is >> located. That would be the item Path. I suggest you specify a complete >> path, starting with D:\, in which case the item IsRelative should be 0 >> (zero). >> >> When I did this, I then had to modify prefs.js in a plain-text editor >> while SeaMonkey was terminated. For preference variables having values >> that were paths to various folders and files, I had to change some of >> them to reflect the new location of the profile. For example, my home >> page is the export of bookmarks from places.sqlite (automatically done >> every time I terminate SeaMonkey). The exported file resides in my >> profile, so I had to change that from a C:\ path to the new D:\ path. >> > Okay, David, just to be clear before I go off and start changing things > in the prefs log file, for example, I can do a a right click on the > file, then click on 'Edit'. from there I can go to 'Edit' then to > 'Replace' where the values inserted are C: and D: respectively, this > would make, in essence, the correct changes to the path I need in order > to use the new profile? > > TIA again... bo1953 >
That will work PROVIDING the only thing changed was the drive letter. If anything else in the path to the profile changed, you must adjust for that, too. For example, if your profile on the C-drive was in <C:\Users\zyx\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\SeaMonkey> (from my earlier example) but your new location is <D:\SeaMonkey\profiles>, you must locate all instances of the old path and change them to the new path. In doing so about this time last year, I quickly discovered I could NOT do a "replace all". Instead, I had to check each instance of a C:\ path to determine whether or not it required adjustment. This is because some preference variables might be pointing to folders or files that are not in your profile and thus remain on your C-drive. -- David E. Ross I am sticking with SeaMonkey 2.26.1 until saved passwords can be used when autocomplete=off. See <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1064639>. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
