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Date:	Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:30:42 PST8
From:	Martin Rosenfeld <rosenfeldmj@comcast.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Need help with Firefox....

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Ray,

Thank you very much for the tutorial. I will give it a spin later today.

It seems from what you say (and what I have seen) that it is important
to first open a mail or browser program with -P to set up a profile path
before it makes its own!

Martin

>> 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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