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Stuart

I have changed to Firefox and Thunderbird and have tweaked this way and
that way and now have them how i like them .. i have figured out how to
save my bookmarks and my email addresses but is there any way to back up
the settings so if anything happens i can just restore them to the way
they are now ?
Also is it possible to use a spell check say from word instead of using
the inbuilt spell check ?

Thanks for all your replies

Stuart
 
_Stuart_, lunedì 15/nov/2004:
I have changed to Firefox and Thunderbird and have tweaked this way and
that way and now have them how i like them .. i have figured out how to
save my bookmarks and my email addresses but is there any way to back up
the settings so if anything happens i can just restore them to the way
they are now ?
Also is it possible to use a spell check say from word instead of using
the inbuilt spell check ?

Thanks for all your replies
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I can answer for the backups: MozBackup
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

Ciao,
 
MLC said:
_Stuart_, lunedì 15/nov/2004:




I can answer for the backups: MozBackup
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

Ciao,
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The problem with all the 'stuff' that you can bolt-onto
Firefox/Thunderbird etc ... is that when you upgrade you have to
remember all the sources of your goodies and all the tweaks that went
into getting it all running.
 
_DW_, lunedì 15/nov/2004:
The problem with all the 'stuff' that you can bolt-onto
Firefox/Thunderbird etc ... is that when you upgrade you have to
remember all the sources of your goodies and all the tweaks that went
into getting it all running.
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Why?
Your profile is kept intact, the extensions no more valid are disabled and
you can see all them in the extension manager to check later for updates...
I don't see the problem.
 
MLC said:
_DW_, lunedì 15/nov/2004:




Why?
Your profile is kept intact, the extensions no more valid are disabled and
you can see all them in the extension manager to check later for updates...
I don't see the problem.
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mmmhhh ... do I not have to uninstall previous versions of the program
and extensions any more?

I know when I updated once before (quite a while ago admittedly) my
browser and mail got completely screwed up, and the various forums had
suggested that you should un-install all your previous version stuff in
order to do a clean install ... and this is basically what I have been
doing ever since.
 
_DW_, lunedì 15/nov/2004:
mmmhhh ... do I not have to uninstall previous versions of the program
and extensions any more?

I know when I updated once before (quite a while ago admittedly) my
browser and mail got completely screwed up, and the various forums had
suggested that you should un-install all your previous version stuff in
order to do a clean install ... and this is basically what I have been
doing ever since.
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Yes, you have to uninstall the program (not the extensions: the new FF
version will disable them if they're not compatible).
However, all your profile settings under
\Documents and Settings\your_name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
remain untouched by the uninstall, then you won't lose all your settings.
 
Yes, you have to uninstall the program (not the extensions: the new FF
version will disable them if they're not compatible).
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Aye, there's the rub!

And the reason I'm still holding back on installing the full 1.0 version.

Cheers,

Roy
 
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