DoctorBill wrote:
NFN Smith wrote:
DoctorBill wrote:
Right now, as I write this, I am on a Windows 7 system using 2.49.1
SeaMonkey.
I bought a Dell "All-In-One" compuker with the latest Windows 10
running (Uggg!) and loaded
SeaMonkey 2.49.5.
Can I COPY my E-Mail, Bookmarks, Passwords, etc from this machine to
the newer one ?
It has been YEARS since I did such a thing and I don't remember how.....
Short answer: yes.
Longer answer: this is pretty easy with Mozilla applications. What to
do:
1) Install Seamonkey on the new machine, but don't start it up (i.e.,
don't run the setup wizard).
2) Get a copy of the contents of %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Seamonkey (the
entire folder) on the old machine. If you haven't set up networked
sharing, the fastest way to do this is to copy to a USB device (thumb
drive or external hard drive).
3) On the new machine, copy all your data %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Seamonkey,
and you're all set to go, where Seamonkey on the new machine is
working with an exact and complete copy of what was on your old machine.
I will note that for this, I'm using Windows environment variables (as
Seamonkey does itself) to find your profile data, rather than trying
to explain how to find the data in C:\Users\.... If you enter the
location in the address bar in the Windows Explorer, that will get you
to the correct location, even though your AppData folder is normally
hidden. The environment variable gets you to the correct location on
the first try, and ignores the fact that the folder is hidden.
As an aside, this is useful to know for the purposes of making backups
of profiles. Because AppData is hidden, Microsoft makes it difficult
to back up data stored there, and there are a few apps where you
actually want to back up your data. All Mozilla apps (not just
SeaMonkey, but Firefox and Thunderbird, as well) store data in
AppData, and if you know how to access via environment variable, then
it's relatively easy to make sure that data gets included when you're
doing backups.
One minor complication -- I moved a Seamonkey profile to a new
computer several months ago, using this methodology. The one problem
that I had was with newsgroups, in handling read/unread. For most of
my newsgroups, I was able to get things to behave, but in a few cases,
I had to resort to doing a Repair Folder (and re-downloading the
entire history of headers). And in one or two newsgroups, that didn't
work, and I had to unsubscribe and resubscribe the newsgroups. Not
really a significant problem, but annoying.
Smith
Sorry - I already ran the setup and SM is up and running on the "New"
machine.
Confusing stuff.
I did go to Users and got into the "Profile" (I remember THAT !) and copied
abook.mab and bookmarks.html and pref.js to a thumbdrive.
If I shove them into the same place on the New Machine, will THAT work ?
I am like a boulder rolling around in a Glassware store !
DoctorBill
You want to migrate your entire profile to the new machine, just as NFN
said. That way you keep your emails, passwords, bookmarks (which are
not in bookmarks.html any more) on the new system. I'm not sure about
Calendar entries, I migrated mine recently and some of them were lost in
the move.
I'd tend to delete your new profile, if you need an empty one then you
can create a new one.
--
spammus ergo sum, viruses courtesy of https://www.nsa.gov/malware/
_______________________________________________
support-seamonkey mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
