On 5/30/2020 5:34 AM, Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:
JAS wrote:
Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote:
Ken wrote:
David E. Ross wrote:
On 5/28/2020 1:55 PM, JAS wrote:
How does one go about telling which version of SM they have on their
computer? I am using ver. 2.49.5 right now and I have read if going to a
different bit when updating it is avised to uninstall first.
JAS
If are using Windows and you install in the default location, x32
installs in [C:\Program Files (x86)] and x64 installs in ["C:\Program
Files"]. In going from x32 to x64 you will have SeaMonkey twice and
there will be conflicts.
For many years, however, I have been installing SeaMonkey in a
non-default location that is on a drive that is NOT C. When I updated
from x32 to x64, I still installed in that location. In my case, not
uninstalling the older version was not necessary.
The questions and answers of this thread prompted me to check my
locations for SeaMonkey. I see I have a folder for SeaMonkey in both
C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86). Apparently I am using the
64 bit location now. Is there any reason I could not simply delete the
32 bit directory?? Or is there a better way to remove the old files??
Please check Windows "Programs and Features" to see if both versions are
installed. If best is to uninstall both and reinstall only the x64
version. Just deleting the x86 will leave fragments behind. If you still
have anything in x86 SeaMonkey left after you uninstalled you can delete
them. Might be ancient non working bundled add-ons or plugins then.
FRG
My Seamonkey profile is installed at:
C:\Users\Margaret\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles
and my SeaMonkey program is installed at:
C:\Users\Margaret\AppData\Local\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe
When I installed I thought I installed in the default location
Looks like you did not have Admin rights when you installed it. Did you
answer "no" to some security question posed by Windows? I assume you'd have
to uninstall and reinstall to get past that one.
With recent installations of SeaMonkey on Windows 10 I have no longer been
prompted to install as administrator. I have to deliberately install from
an administrator account (I suspect "run as administrator" would also work),
otherwise I get a local, non-system wide installation without comment,
notice, or warning.
And if one accidentally gets a per-user installation and then installs as
administrator, the per-user installation is not removed, and must be removed
separately.
Bob
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