Jim wrote:
I installed SeaMonkey when I bought my PC in 2011. Like others, I am
having problems with SeaMonkey now. I have so many questions, so I'll
ask one at a time.
I am using version 2.49.4 -- I stopped doing updates, because they
seemed to be getting worse. I see that SM has released version 2.53.4.
The instructions warn: "You MUST absolutely do a full backup of your
profile before trying SeaMonkey 2.53.4."
How do I do that? I want to keep my emails, bookmarks, and passwords
intact.
BTW, I'm running Windows 10, 12 GB of RAM, and an I7 CPU.
As well as backing up the profile, also take note of the following
paragraph near the top of the release notes if you use a master password:
Important only if you upgrade from 2.49.5 or an earlier version: Due to changes in the user profile, if you have set a master password, you will have to remove it before upgrading to SeaMonkey 2.53.4. After a successful upgrade, don't forget to manually remove the files key3.db and cert8.db in your profile afterwards, as they include credentials and passwords no longer protected by a master password. You can find the path to your profile folder entering the special about:support URL in a SeaMonkey browser window.
You can remove your master password by providing an empty password in the "Change Master Password" dialog. Do not use the "Reset Password" function. You will lose all stored passwords this way.
key3.db and cert8.db might not exist after SeaMonkey has updated the
profile. Check the numbers in those file names - DO NOT delete key4.db
and cert9.db, since those are the versions in the new format.
After starting SeaMonkey for the first time and allowing it to convert
the profile, you can set the master password again. It just needs to be
cleared before upgrading and running the new version for the first time
so that it can do the conversion.
--
Mark.
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