Larry S. wrote: > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >> Larry S. wrote: >>> Due to having to reinstall SM from time to time, ... >> >> I'd be interested to know why you have to reinstall. My SM resides here >> on my drive in the same place (no new folders) through numerous version >> upgrades, etc. >> >> Are you by chance creating a new empty profile with each of these >> reinstalls, and essentially "starting over" every time? Not reusing >> your existing profile? > > I have to reinstall because the upgrade fails, over several different > upgrades.
That is definitely odd. I've upgraded numerous versions on my Linux box, and my kids have on their Windows boxen with nary a problem. Each upgrade finds the existing profile and merely updates/upgrades the program files. > The symptoms (error messages) have come in various forms > (which I can't remember in detail). Main symptoms include: SM won't > proceed after the "Here's What New" page, or SM won't start when > clicking the Desktop icon, or SM disappears altogether, including icons. > I've been told that the file "last-update.log" would contain useful > information about the problem, but when an update fails that file > doesn't exist. Looks to me as if you are starting with an empty profile. Can't say why. > One common symptom throughout--mail and news accounts disappear, and > need to be created new. ... New profile, that's why. -- -bts -This space for rent, but the price is high _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
