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Password help

Postby Jmag » Fri 06 Oct, 2006 9:29 pm

I recently bought a desktop to replace my laptop. I had a lot of passwords stored with Netscape on my old laptop and want to know where or how to transport them from the laptop to the desktop? Anyone help with this?

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Postby Don_HH2K » Fri 06 Oct, 2006 11:08 pm

Were you using Netscape 4, 6/7, or 8 on your old laptop? The process is slightly different for each one.
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re; password help

Postby Jmag » Sat 07 Oct, 2006 7:18 am

I was using 8.1 on the laptop, as well as the desktop. Your help will be most appreciated. I did, however, figure out and complete swapping my bookmarks/favorites!

Thanks in advance
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Postby Don_HH2K » Sat 07 Oct, 2006 8:06 am

Netscape 8.1 stores its passwords in a file called [tt]signons.txt[/tt], which is located in your Netscape profile (if you copied your bookmarks/favorites successfully, you most likely know where this is). With Netscape closed, move [tt]signons.txt[/tt] and the file [tt]key3.db[/tt] if it exists from your laptop's Netscape profile to your desktop's Netscape profile, and all your passwords should successfully import into Netscape 8.1 the next time you start it up.
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