Closed Bug 192860 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Changing home directory distroys profile?

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Startup & Profiles, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 22689

People

(Reporter: visaris, Assigned: jag+mozilla)

Details

(Whiteboard: DUPEME)

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130 When I changed my home dir (and copied ALL my files) mozilla could not find my profile. The name of my profile appears in the list, but when I select it, mozilla says my profile cannot be found. Mozilla really needs a better way to manage profiles. When mozilla complained that a profile was missing, It gave me three options (None of them usefull in my case): "New Profile", "Remove Profile", and "Rename Profile". Why not "Add" or "Edit"? Needs some work yo! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create profile. 2. Change home directory. 3. Try to get mozilla to use your profile by using the GUI that will pop up when you run it next. Actual Results: The mozilla GUI appeared asking me to select a profile. The name of my profile shows up in the list. When I select it, an error window appears saying it cannot find my profile. There is no option to tell mozilla that the profile has moved. Expected Results: It should have an "Edit" Option to let me select the location (file name) of my profile since mozilla cound not find it.
there's a bug about the fact that profiles don't store relative paths. there's a bug about moving profiles. i believe there's a bug about changing where a profile points. there's definitely a bug about importing a profile.
Whiteboard: DUPEME
May be duplicate of one of import enhancement requests- bug 17457, bug 22689, bug 87145 I think bug 22689 fits here relative path bug is bug 12911- which is verified but needs bug 137006 for completion by mail *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 22689 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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