SillyDog701

[x000m]

I like to back up my mail, bookmark, and profile directory in netscape 4.8 by placing the user dir in my backup folder. Is there a way I can redirect my user directory in comunicator 7.1 to place all the profile and mail files in a dir that I specify?

[EDITED: Subject changed to 7.01, not 7.1]

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[sisyphus88]

This is the way that I create custom user directories. I usually do this before I install the program. Using Windows Explorer, create your directory, e.g. "NS Users." Then create subfolders in that directory for each profile that you will create later using the profile manager (the names you give to the subfolders will be the same names you will use later with the profile manager).

Now you are set. Install the program. Run the profile manager and create all of the custom profiles which you have set up under the user directory (you browse to the location of the new subfolders). Delete the default profile. You are finished.

Even though you have already installed NS, you can still make a custom directory with as many subfolders/profiles as you want. Or you can use your "Backup" directory, as you indicated. Be sure you use new profile names. Create your user directory and subfolders, as above (or create the subfolders in your backup directory). Use the profile manager to make the new profile (again, you browse to the location of the new subfolder(s)).

Once the new profile is made, copy and paste your prefs.js and user.js files, bookmarks (bookmarks.html), address books (files with the .mab extension), and mail folders from the old profile into the new profile. A note about mail folders. Only copy the mail files (inbox, sent, drafts, etc.) without the .msf extension. Then launch the new profile and go through the preferences menu to be sure everything is set the way you want (including the path to the cache). After everything is working, you can delete the current active profile and the default profile using the profile manager.

If there is an easier way to accomplish the above, I'd sure like to learn about it. But it's the only way that has worked for me thus far.

Sisyphus

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[captjlddavis]

x000m,

I like to back up my mail, bookmark, and profile directory in netscape 4.8 by placing the user dir in my backup folder. Is there a way I can redirect my user directory in comunicator 7.1 to place all the profile and mail files in a dir that I specify?

sysyphus instructions are right on.

If you only want to backup your Profile/mail information then wouldn't a simple batch file copying the files you want be a viable solution ?

regards:

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[Fulvio]

Is there a way I can redirect my user directory in comunicator 7.1 to place all the profile and mail files in a dir that I specify?

This is addressed in: http://home.att.net/~cherokee67/ns7moveprof.html
I have several profiles as well as installations of Mozilla and Netscape 7.0 or 7.01, and I have only one in its original location. Ask any question you wish. As for the backup question, I have copies of the bookmarks file in more than one directory, and even the copy of an entire profile. Of course, you will need to update the information periodically.
I promise that I will never try to type any address without down copy and paste. Sorry for the error.

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