Henrik37 wrote:
Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote:
Henrik37 wrote:
Henrik37 wrote:
I currently am running 32 bit SM 2.49.5 on a 64 bit PC under X86 Win7
Home. I am about to convert to X64 Win10-Pro and already have a new X64
Win10-Pro COA and key. All of the existing 32 bit files are saved to an
...>>>> external hard drive.
My apologies; I should have included the existing 32 bit SM 2.49.5 address
book files along with the saved e-mails and bookmarks that I want to
transfer/integrate to my new x64 Win10-pro/64 bit SM 2.52.2 set-up.
Zip up the entire AppData\Roaming\mozilla folder on your Windows 7 pc when
SeaMonkey is closed. Unpack it on you new Windows 10 PC and just install the
2.53.2 Windows x64 version. Should pick up your old profile and upgrade it.
Make sure you remove a master password if one exists before you zip it up.
Windows 10 makes it harder to set an external Browser as default but it is
still possible in the new Stettings dialogs.
FRG
FRG - First, this all sounds too easy. Second, I recognize that you know
vastly more about SeaMonkey 2.52.2 mail than my 82 year old brain will ever
comprehend. I do, however, have some questions:
1) Must I Zip and UnZip the Mozilla folder to move it? As my Win7-Home files
are backed up to an external hard drive, why couldn't I just use the Windows
'Copy' command and move them from the external hard drive that way?
Yes you can use copy. I prefer to do zip -r -S so that I also have a
"checksumed" archive and don't miss anything.
2) Do I understand you correctly that you are telling me to move the Win7
files to their Win10 destination and then install X64 SM 2.52.2?
yes. Best to use the same user for both so the location actually doesn't change.
3) It has always been my custom to install SM to a 'd\' partition on the same
physical hard drive as the Windows OS because an OS failure is easier to deal
with if there are no (often large) e-mail files to worry about preserving in
the same partition as the OS. A friend recently told me that SM 2.52.2 no
longer permits such a SM installation; i.e. in a different hard drive
partition than the 'c:\' used by the Windows OS. Is that information correct
and, if so, is there any way to install X64 SM 2.52 in a partition of one's
choice?
SeaMonkey uses the Windows registry and so it should always be reinstalled if
you set up a fresh OS copy. I just backup the whole drive with Acronis now and
then and can always restore a good copy without worrying about programs on
other drives.
Installing SeaMonkey or the profile outside of the default locations on
Windows are in theory supported but I won't provide any help for such a setup.
I don't test it and I will ignore any bugs filed against such a setup. Life is
too short to deal with countless variations and there was at least one problem
against the profile manager reported with a profile on a different drive.
Forgot the bug number.
Outside of the profile and different drive might also mean different access
rights too and then the fun might or might not start.
FRG
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