Ray Davison wrote:
NFN Smith wrote:
DoctorBill wrote:
What makes backups more difficult with Windows the Registry. With Mac
and Linux, you can simply copy everything. With Windows, it's
difficult to back up the registry and files and then reproduce a
working system. As a result, it's essential to use a backup tool.
Since Netscape, I have used copy and xcopy to backup profiles and mail -
I have always put mail in a separate tree.
I also had Win and OS/2 use the same profile and data files. I kept
them on FAT32 so both Win and OS/2 could access them.
That's definitely a valid approach. So is a simple drag-and-drop copy
of a Profile folder with the Windows Explorer.
You say the Win registry is the issue. It has never been an issue here.
Maybe because I have never used an exe installer. I just unzip to a
place and name of my choice, and create a run object/shortcut.
Registry is an issue only for programming itself, if you're using an
installer. Data doesn't matter, especially with Mozilla doing a good job
of being platform-agnostic. For the most part, it's pretty easy to
move/copy profiles among Windows, Linux and Mac, other than making sure
that the path name syntax is correct in a PROFILES.INI file.
Smith
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