Ray Davison wrote:
Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote:
Now you can unzip as many versions of SM as you wish and they can all
use the same profile. Do not replace an app until you are sure you
like the new better than the old.
In theory yes but be aware that you can't use different SeaMonkey
versions with the same profile. And on Windows the installer registers
some dlls (for accessibility and email send from context menu).
I suggest doing a full profile backup and then just installing the new
version. Everything also is calling for trouble especially if you
forget to start with -Profilemanager once.
You really should be cautious telling someone he cannot do what he has
been doing for a couple decades. Once when searching for the date and
time of a bug insertion I had twenty versions sitting on the HDD all
available and using the same profile.
There are times when different versions do matter for the profile. For
example, there was a time a while back (early in 2.x) when the mailbox
format was changed, and if you upgraded, the old one was saved with a
.corrupt extension and a copy was upgraded and used by the new version.
So if the OP has an SM version from before the change and a version from
after the change, they really can't use the same profile. I can't
promise there will never again be a change that makes a difference. Best
practice is to use versions that are as similar as possible, ideally
identical.
And, my profiles - of which I have several - are not vulnerable to app
changes because they are not part of the app. And the mail files - of
which I have well over a hundred - are not vulnerable to profile changes
because they are not part of the profile.
How'd you manage that? AFAIK mail files are stored in the profile
folder. I have about 5 GB of them, and they're all in my profile folder.
The only profile break was between 1X and 2X, and that was a long time ago.
Also I run Win and OS/2 versions SM and they use the same profiles and
mail files.
Mozilla apps are really very friendly.
On that I think we'll all agree.
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Paul B. Gallagher
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