Arnie Goetchius wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 4/15/2016 3:18 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
>>> I successfully used Mozbackup to Move (Save and restore) SeaMonkey 2.40 to
>>> a new
>>> computer. What did not come over to the new computer was the logins and
>>> passwords save in the "Saved Passwords" add in. Anybody know of a file that
>>> contains the logins and passwords for that add-in that I can copy over to
>>> the
>>> new computer?
>>>
>>
>> Which "Saved Passwords" extension? At addons.mozilla.org, a quick
>> search on "passwords" gave me 40 results. Among them were "Saved
>> Passwords Button" and "Saved Password Editor".
>>
>> In the meantime, consider the Password Exporter extension from
>> <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/password-exporter/>.
>> I used this to export my passwords to a file. I then moved the file to
>> another computer where I also had the same extension. There, I imported
>> the file into my SeaMonkey profile.
>>
>> Unfortunately, you would need to convert Password Exporter for SeaMonkey
>> compatibility at <http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/>. It is not
>> complicated.
>>
>> 1. In SeaMonkey, go to <http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/>.
>>
>> 2. Insert
>> <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/password-exporter/>
>> (without the < > brackets) in the input area labeled "... paste direct
>> link ...".
>>
>> 3. Leave all of the checkboxes checked and select the >>Convert button.
>>
>> 4. Download the .xpi file from the resulting page and install it. No,
>> you do not want to install it from that page since you must install it
>> in both of your PCs.
>>
> Thanks for your work on compiling the above procedures. However, I am using
> "Quick Passwords" 3.7.2 and it turns out there are "Backup to a File" and
> "Restore From a File" functions. I apologize for not RTFM before asking the
> question.
>
For the record, I was able to backup and save the file to the new computer and
restore it there with no problem.
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