Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> jdc wrote:
>
>> I own Vista. I'm about to format and reinstall Vista.
>>
>> I've found where all my NS 7.02 profile files lie currently. They are
>> in Users/mynick/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla.
>>
>> If I format hdd, install 7.02 and immediately delete the new Mozilla
>> folder in same place and put in the backup Mozilla folder (with all
>> its contents containing my current preference), mail, bookmarks, etc.
>> Will I run into problems doing this? I mean if I DON'T run NS 7.02 at
>> all beforehand?
>
>
> when you back up, you will also need a file called registry.dat. The
> profile location is in that file. Now, you can put everything back where
> you found them, including the registry.dat file.
>
>> It's a shame that the Netscape offical FAQ requires registration, I
>> registered years ago and now I can't get in cause I lost my info.
>> I can't even contact the frigging Garcia guy to ask for help with
login.
>
>
> when you get to that registration page, click on cancel by by-pass that
> screen. You DO NOT need to register for it.
>
> As for Garcia, he hangs out on the netscape server: secnews.netscape.com
>
> btw: I see you're using Net 7.2 and not 7.02
>
> Also, since both program are old an outdated, you may want to update to
> a program called SeaMonkey. SM and Net are basically kissing cousins,
> they come from the same loins. If you know how to work Net, then you can
> work SM. There basically is NO learing curve. SM contains for security
> and bug fixes than Net does: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
>
> If you use SM, then setup SM as usual. Then create your mail account.
> Now, from your Net profile, copy over everything from Mail except the
> *.msf files. Then also copy over bookmarks.html, and your password
> files of an 8 diget number that ends in a .s [such as 12345678.s] and
> key3.db. And that should be it.
>
Thanks! I didn't pay attention to those other little files there at the
Mozilla folder. There's 2 of them. I will include them both.
Much appreciated.
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