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Date:	Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:14:19 PST8
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Need help with Firefox....

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Martin Rosenfeld wrote:

>>
> How do you put a profile where you want it? I used the 2 set statements
> in config.sys, and when I started FF and TB for the first time this is
> where they put there own profiles. Isa there someplace in a prefs file
> that you can place a path to a profile?

Let's start with SeaMonkey. It has the elements of both FF and TB. A
file manager, such as RC/2 is helpful.

Unzip SM.ZIP to the root directory of a LFN partition, I use FAT32 so
I can share with Win. That will make a directory; H:\SEAMONKEY.
Change the name to H:\SM10, assuming version 1.0.

Open the drives object, open SM10, create a program object for
SEAMONKEY.EXE. Add the parameter; -ProfileManager. Place a shadow
of that object somewhere convenient to you.

Run the program object. First the SM graphic will display, and then
the profile manager will open. Create a profile. As part of that you
will select a profile name; "SMPROF1" or some such. That will become
the directory name for that profile. You will also select the
directory to place it under; in your case PROFILES - the standard is
MOZPROFILES but I don't know that PROFILES won't work as well.

When the dust settles you should have:

H:\PROFILES\SMPROF1

This must be done separately for SM, FF and TB. Each can have as many
profiles as you wish, but they cannot share profiles. The Mozilla
suite became SM, so they can share profiles.

If you already had a functioning profile, before you create a profile,
use a file manager to copy the old profile to the new location. Say
you had a profile; H:\..\..\..\MARTIN1. Copy MARTIN1 to
H:\PROFILES\SMPROF1. When you create a new profile and call it
SMPROF1, and say to put it under H:\PROFILES, the profile manager say
that there is already such a profile, and allow you to use it.

Now when SM 1.5 comes out, unzip it as above, change the dir name to
SM15, create an object as above, and you now have two versions
available. Never alter the old version until you are sure you want
the new. When you no longer have any use for SM10, delete the SM10
directory.

To share bookmarks, mail and news, put them all in a neutral location
and point to them. Mine are in:

H:\WEBDATA\bookmark.htm - yes it is 8.3
H:\WEBDATA\MAIL1
H:\WEBDATA\NEWS1

HTH

Ray

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