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Its not clear why you created a new article rather than enhancing [[Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared]] . I like your "Using the Profile Manager to recover a profile" section. I modified [[Moving_your_profile_folder]] to recommend moving a profile by copying it and then follow similar instructions. That also lets [[Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared]] leverage that. [[User:Tanstaafl|Tanstaafl]] 23:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Its not clear why you created a new article rather than enhancing [[Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared]] . I like your "Using the Profile Manager to recover a profile" section. I modified [[Moving_your_profile_folder]] to recommend moving a profile by copying it and then follow similar instructions. That also lets [[Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared]] leverage that. [[User:Tanstaafl|Tanstaafl]] 23:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
: My inspiration for this article was actually the fact that  new Mozilla Firefox KB  is using it as a "source" article for the initial set of Mozilla KB articles: http://support-stage.mozilla.org/tiki-index.php?page=Recovering+a+profile+that+suddenly+disappeared - I  figured, why should Mozilla be adapting a Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite article?  We should have a similar article that applies to Firefox!
:... I was going to edit the [[Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared]] article to also apply Firefox but that article had so much information specific to Thunderbird, and parts of it also applied to Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, that I thought it would be best to keep it simple and create a new article that just included basic profile recovery for Firefox and Thunderbird.  Mozilla Suite/SM 1.x still use the registry.dat, and those apps create a new profile folder even when you create a new profile in a custom location.... selecting a folder will place the "profilename" folder directly underneath, with the  *.slt folder with the actual data underneath that, so recovering a profile is altogether different.  I've experimented by deleting the registry.dat with Mozilla Suite open, and that removes all but the default profile.  You can then recover other profiles by simply entering the EXACT same name as the missing "profilename" folder in the new profile wizard, if the missing profile is in the default location.  You can also choose the folder for a a missing profile in a custom location, by choosing whatever folder is two levels up from the *.SLT folder, if I remember right.  It's been awhile ...OK, I found it in my notes- I remembered it right :)  ([http://sillydog.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=44519#44519 ref.])  Anyway, That all changes in SeaMonkey 2,  which also includes a profiles.ini file, so the same instructions will apply to SM 2 as apply to Firefox and Tbird.  Long story short, I figured it would just be too complicated to revise the  [[Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared]]  article to apply to all three applications. [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice]] 01:15, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

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Its not clear why you created a new article rather than enhancing Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared . I like your "Using the Profile Manager to recover a profile" section. I modified Moving_your_profile_folder to recommend moving a profile by copying it and then follow similar instructions. That also lets Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared leverage that. Tanstaafl 23:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

My inspiration for this article was actually the fact that new Mozilla Firefox KB is using it as a "source" article for the initial set of Mozilla KB articles: http://support-stage.mozilla.org/tiki-index.php?page=Recovering+a+profile+that+suddenly+disappeared - I figured, why should Mozilla be adapting a Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite article? We should have a similar article that applies to Firefox!
... I was going to edit the Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared article to also apply Firefox but that article had so much information specific to Thunderbird, and parts of it also applied to Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, that I thought it would be best to keep it simple and create a new article that just included basic profile recovery for Firefox and Thunderbird. Mozilla Suite/SM 1.x still use the registry.dat, and those apps create a new profile folder even when you create a new profile in a custom location.... selecting a folder will place the "profilename" folder directly underneath, with the *.slt folder with the actual data underneath that, so recovering a profile is altogether different. I've experimented by deleting the registry.dat with Mozilla Suite open, and that removes all but the default profile. You can then recover other profiles by simply entering the EXACT same name as the missing "profilename" folder in the new profile wizard, if the missing profile is in the default location. You can also choose the folder for a a missing profile in a custom location, by choosing whatever folder is two levels up from the *.SLT folder, if I remember right. It's been awhile ...OK, I found it in my notes- I remembered it right :) (ref.) Anyway, That all changes in SeaMonkey 2, which also includes a profiles.ini file, so the same instructions will apply to SM 2 as apply to Firefox and Tbird. Long story short, I figured it would just be too complicated to revise the Recovering_a_profile_that_suddenly_disappeared article to apply to all three applications. Alice 01:15, 20 August 2007 (UTC)