How to move C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles ???
"$Bill" <[email protected]>
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Skip past ranting for the real question. For the wishlist
group, the rant is the real wish.
<RANT>
Firstly let me say that I'm on 98SE and I really hate Gates & Co
software - esp 9x. In particular, I hate the use of the registry
for other than OS and system driver software - applications should
maintain their own systemwide registry/config and users should
have theirs in their home directory.
This in part would allow for the easy movement of apps from one
drive to another when the drive gets full (another thing a hate
about Windoze - why do they need drives to complicate things ?)
UNIX solved this decades ago using mount (and eliminately the
need for C: in front of each path).
A simple link in one directory on the root drive for each installed
app would make it really easy to move them around at will. Just
move the tree that the app is in and modify the link - no hassles.
Try doing that with an app that uses the registry - a pain in the
ass. :( And what if you wanted to move ten apps to another drive
or tree ? No way.
Each app should not be allowed to store data outside it's own tree
(other than in a users config/registry in his home dir). Now we
would have a simple situation for admin work. Want to delete an app ?
Just kill the tree and kill the link and you're done. Users could
periodically prune their registry/config files with a tool to do so.
Now Netscape used to be pretty good about following the non-Windoze
rules on Windoze and confined itself to one user-spcified tree, but
now it's spreading itself around like everything else - like an
infection in my machine. Let's get it back to one tree if possible
please.
</RANT>
Now for my specific problem. I want to move the profiles directory
off my root drive and give it some space to breath. Currently it
is stored in C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\{Profiles,Users50}
and I want it in F:\Netscape\Profiles\Users\{me,you} .
Does anyone know how to accomplish this ? I'll buy you a beer on
your next trip to SoCal.