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Date:	Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:29:42 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Firefox Options Won't Stick...?

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Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
> Tom,
>
> I don't think prefs.js has any attribute set. I say I don't think
> because I don't know which prefs.js to check! I have MOZILLA_HOME set to
> a Profile directory. That is where my plugins live, because they say as
> much. In that directory there is Mozilla--Profiles--Firefox in which
> there is a prefs.js, and in the Profile directory there is Thunderbird
> under which there is a xxxxx.default with prefs.js. Which prefs.js is
> active? Is it the same file for Thunderbird as for Firefox? Life used to
> be so much simpler!

The Mozilla family has three "released" branches; SM, FF and TB. Each
needs one profile, and prefs.js & optionally user.js, to cover all
versions of each. You can have more, don't need more. The active
prefs is the one associated with the product(s) that is running.

Ray

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