I am just doing some fixes for 2.55+ in a vm and there at least it seems to be
a bit stubborn. If you create and select the folder your profile location will
be overwritten. But if you create the folder and then change the profile name
it works. Was able to create a profile D:\profiled\u5kls6wt.UserD1 and it
shows in about:support .
Don't think it is different in 2.49.1. This code hasn't been changed for years
I think.
FRG
Daniel wrote:
On 3/12/2017 2:21 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
Daniel wrote:
On 2/12/2017 9:08 PM, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote:
The system has worked well over the last umpteen years. It is only a
problem when I stuff things up!!
I'm starting to feel that I should not have mentioned the Linux profile
problem, as both responders have focused on that rather than the problem
that I was actually trying to get assistance with .... trying to get a
Profile were *I* wanted it, rather than it going where, *apparently* ,
SeaMonkey wants to put it!!
Sharing a profile between Windows and Linux is completely unsupported.
Things like last download dir are stored in it and will cause problems if
Windows finds a Linux path or Linux a path with a Windows drive.
Moving or duplicating SeaMonkey|Firefox|Thunderbird to and from Linux and
Windows (or Mac) is very easy drag and drop affair. I have don it countless
times.
Sharing a profile dir is an issue regardless of the OS, but pathing issues
is a real problem with dissimilar OSes because the the prefs.js records
paths for some actions.
Thank you, Jonathan, but that's not the problem I'm interested in. I see
you are on WOW64 Windows 7, the same as me. Could you please have a go at
giving yourself a new, test, SeaMonkey profile by selecting Tools->Switch
Profiles->Manage Profiles and then, on the second screen, give this Profile a
Name then Click on the "Choose Folder" button, pick a new location (i.e. *not*
the one suggested by SeaMonkey) and see if the Location on the "Create Profile
Wizard" screen has changed to the location you had selected??
No need to actually create the Profile (unless you want one), just cancel your
way out of the "Create Profile Wizard" screen.
I'd be very appreciative.
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