Re: Does Mozilla Drop Profiles?

I regularly also have this problem (with both 7.0 and 7.02). I've 
noticed that the prefs.js file seems to get rewritten, and possibly even 
the backup version (.bak). The way I know how this has happened is that 
I get a welcome message as if I had just installed Mozilla. I haven't 
been able to correlate this with anything I have done on the system.

It is a shame, that Mozilla cannot reconstruct the profile from the 
underlying folders. It would also make a great import tool.

Mirko

Michael wrote:
> Okay.
> I'm a regular full-time Netscape user (currently Nettie 7) and one 
> problem I regularly face is when it crashes/hangs and erases the default 
> profile preferences.  This causes complete loss of the mail system until 
> I can restore to my default profile directory and all my settings (yes, 
> I finally figured out how to do all this, and protect myself with layers 
> of backups, partitions, etc. ;o) ).
> 
> As Netscape has Mozilla in its core I'm wondering if Mozilla users out 
> there face the same problem; because I'm proposing to write an article 
> about my experiences and how to solve/avoid them.
> 
> Obviously I don't want to blame Mozilla if it's purely a Netscape 
> problem, and I'm not certain about the distinguishing features between 
> the two.
> 
> Michael.
>