RetiredCritic wrote:Thanks for the quick and indepth reply. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I just drove 3 hours to the country from Brooklyn. Before I check out the various links and options, could you please tell me if I am likely to lose the data stored in the current 4.72 ... which would defeat the purpose of the fix. If I can just install a version that would overwrite what is there with a compatible Netscape program that would restore function long enough for me to access the addresses and emails, et al, I would be very happy. Again, thanks for being there.
Joe G
Joe G: Good question. I apologize for not addressing the important issue of making a backup.
You should backup your user data before trying anything, although there really is only a small possibility of losing that data. You might also want to backup the plugins directory.
Take a look at Ramona's:
Back up Users Profile Before Reinstall
Moving the Netscape Communicator Users Data From PC to PC.
You can try to install version 4.72 over an older 4.72 install, although it is better to go through the uninstall, clean install route. No user data should be lost when uninstalling, although you should, just in case, backup user data to a different location.
You need to be cautious if you also have Netscape 7.x around, since it installs itself under the same Netscape directory as 4.x, although they are separate programs. Netscape 7.x installs in the C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape directory. I mention this because a Clean Install often directs you to delete the directory that Netscape 4.x is in, and this would have the effect of deleting any Netscape 7.x program.
EDIT: The download link for the Netscape 4.72 versions now works for me. Perhaps Antony fixed the link or it was a temporary problem.
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511
