Re: Moz 1.2.1 and OS8.6 preferences directory

Todd Oberly <[email protected]> wrote:

> I recently installed Mozilla 1.2.1 on my parents' PowerMac 7600 with
> OS8.6, and am trying to fix a "bug" in the way it stores its settings.
>  Upon starting Mozilla, it goes through some steps to either import a
> profile from Communicator 4.80 or make a new one.  All of this works
> just fine, and I can store profiles wherever I want, but two crucial
> files (Application Registy and pluginreg.dat) always appear inside
> Documents:Mozilla in the root hard drive area...and that's not
> acceptable. :-(  I read a handful of threads about similar issues with
> other OS's, maybe stemming from problems with an internal "Home"
> variable, or in this case, maybe because the OS is 8.6 and lacks 9.x's
> multiuser capabilities.  Still, there has to be a way around it.  Can
> someone point me to particular Mozilla resource or support file
> setting so I can change this directory to Hard Drive:System
> Folder:Preferences:Mozilla or something else that's sane? :-)

AFAIK, the only way to do this is to dig into the code and recompile :-(

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