On 8/13/2015 10:25 PM, Daniel wrote:
> On 14/08/2015 4:10 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>> Daniel wrote:
>>> On 13/08/2015 6:44 PM, Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote:
>>>> Daniel wrote on 13/08/15 14:25:
>>>>> In Win7, the information that SeaMonkey needs to locate any profiles
>>>>> is contained in the Windows Registry (I think :-( ).
>>>>>
>>>>> Where is the similar information stored for Linux??
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm thinking it might be in a file something like "prof.ini" or some
>>>>> such and, as I don't have such a file in my Linux profile, that might
>>>>> explain why my Linux SM cannot locate its profile.
>>>>>
>>>> it's usually in /home/user/.mozilla/seamonkey/profiles.ini
>>>
>>> Ahh! Close buy no Cookie Jar for my suggesting prof.ini!!
>>>
>>> Off to check this out .... or try re-installing SM if no luck.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Why? What are you hoping to accomplish? Your can reinstall as much as
>> you like it does not affect your profile.
>
> but, if the current installation of SM still did not want to "find" and
> use the profile, a re-installation might/maybe/perhaps/(you never know)
> find the profiles.
>
> However the re-installation was not necessary as SM did find the
> profiles after I made the adjustments to "profile.ini". Just that now
> it's as slow as a wet week in starting up, so I've got other problems!
>
>> With information provided you can move a SM profile from computer to
>> computer, even to another OS.
>
> Did I mention I use the same profile for this Win7 SM install.
>
Your profile contains files that point to other files. In many cases,
the Windows installation of SeaMonkey uses the Windows form of file
paths. For example:
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop
Does not Linux use the UNIX form file paths? For example:
C:/Documents_and_Settings/User/Desktop
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