On 1/31/2016 11:20 AM, Larry S. wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 1/31/2016 10:46 AM, Larry S. wrote:
>>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>>> Larry S. wrote on 1/31/2016 12:33 PM:
>>>>> When my wife set up SM in her new W10 computer, there was a bit of
>>>>> confusion about profiles. Eventually she got the one she wanted, and
>>>>> deleted the others (in Profile Manager). Now when she clicks on the SM
>>>>> logo it wants to open one of the profiles she deleted, resulting in File
>>>>> Not Found because that profile no longer exists.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's probably because the shortcut she's using is hard-coded to open
>>>> that profile. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties. On the
>>>> Shortcut tab look in the Start in: box. The path there likely ends with
>>>> -P oldprofilename. If she only has one profile left just delete that
>>>> text and it will open the only profile there is. If more than one
>>>> profile exists you need to change that text to the desired one. You
>>>> only need the part of the profile name AFTER the dot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Good suggestion! We'll try it. Just to clarify--we type in the name of
>>> the correct profile, that's the name after the dot following the random
>>> name? Since there is no -p there now, should we put it in? What's the
>>> proper format--a space, then -p, then another space, then the name? Or
>>> just a space, then the name?
>>>
>>> Larry S.
>>>
>>
>> Use the profile name as shown by Profile Manager. In the Windows
>> shortcut, the Target should end with
>> \seamonkey.exe -p name
>>
> Darn--didn't work! Could be our mistake. We left in the quote marks
> around the entry in the shortcut. Should they be eliminated? Will that
> foul up Target? The message we got said that administrator privileges
> required, which my wife does have. We proceeded as suggested, and got
> the "file not found" from the wrong profile (same as before). Argghh!
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Larry S.
>
If there are spaces in the path to seamonkey.exe, then quotes are needed
to bracket the path. The
-p name
should be outside of the quotes.
--
David E. Ross
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