On 3/29/10 4:36 PM, Phillip Jones wrote: > Phillip Jones wrote: >> Barbara Norvell wrote: >>> The last time if upgraded to SeaMonkey (2.03) I did it over top the >>> previous SeaMonkey. Could this be the reason that I am having so many >>> crashes. >>> >>> Barb >>> Mac osx 10.4.11 >>> 768 mb ram >> IF you install a full install of an application over top of an older >> version of the same application. is a sure method for a corrupt install. >> >> They proper method for downloading a complete install and installing, is >> to move the old version to trash (but do not empty Trash) then install >> the new. >> >> What that does is write the new to a different section of the hard Drive >> (as if your installing for first time.) >> >> The install from the update withing the application s get new version is >> different is that it only replaces that code that adds the new features. >> >> Copying over writes the whole entire file over top the whole entire >> file. If there is defective code it just writes over it, and there is a >> possibility of corrupting the new install. >> > Note the above is based for Macintosh. If you have a PC/Unix/Linux > machine YMMV. >
On my PC with Windows XP, I generally install right over the old version unless the installation instructions specifically say otherwise. For SeaMonkey and Thunderbird updates from .mar files, that is the only way to do it since the .mar files update only portions of the old version and do not contain complete new versions. If the installation instructions specifically say to delete the old version before installing a new version, I don't just delete old version. Instead, I remove (de-install) it. That cleans up the Windows registry (at least partially). -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Go to Mozdev at <http://www.mozdev.org/> for quick access to extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other Mozilla-related applications. You can access Mozdev much more quickly than you can Mozilla Add-Ons. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
