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Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:14:36 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Upgrade Moz Procedure

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J R FOX wrote:
> Just double-checking this, as I don't trust my memory.
>
> In Windoze, they tell you to uninstall the prior
> Mozilla before you install the new one. I don't
> recall that being the case with Mozilla on *our*
> platform, and the installation instructions do not say
> this. IIRC, we can just drop the new one in in
> parallel to the old one. I'm not sure if it will pick
> up all the prior settings, but hopefully it does. My
> intent would be to remove the previous Mozilla tree,
> once I'm sure that all is well with the new one, and
> that I'm all set to pick up where I left off. The
> profiles _are_ in their own separate tree structure.
>
> Incidentally, I always use the Installer version, so
> the manual method that Ray prefers (using the Zip
> releases) won't apply here. I presently am using the
> Weilbacher release. Supposedly, there are some
> glitches in going back to the "official" one after
> that, but I like the Weilbacher, so might as well
> continue with his releases.

With Windows, Mozilla and just about everything else written for that
platform, you get a .EXE. You may have some choice of where SOME of
the app and maybe data gets placed, but that's about it.

On OS/2, you can make Mozilla work for you rather than visa-versa. It
is not "installed" in the sense Windoz does things. If you split it
into app, config and data trees, you can have as many app trees as you
have room for. But, you have to be willing to get a file manager and
do a little work, ONCE. From then on just unzup, copy a few files,
make an object, and run. There is nothing to "go back to", or forward
to. All versions share config and data.

By config I mean profiles, plugins...

Ray

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