Mozilla Upgrades

I have just replaced Mozilla 1.7b with the latests nightly build.

Did I read somewhere that changes in the istaller now make it unecessary to uninstall an old version and remove the old profile before installing a newer version?

 

Labarum,

Mozilla Suite : FAQs : Installing A New Version

First, uninstall Mozilla, as per instructions for your operating system listed here, then install the new version. You should never install a new version of Mozilla over a previous one.

If your plug-ins folder is inside the Mozilla application folder, you may want to back it up (beforehand) so that your plug-ins can be restored after reinstalling. You can also keep your plug-ins folder in your profile. Go to Help | About Plug-ins to see the locations of the plug-ins Mozilla is currently using.

Uninstalling Mozilla this way will leave your profile and your user preferences intact. You may lose access to some extensions and have to reinstall them. Themes and the spellchecker (if installed) should be detected by the new installation.

FWIW, I never create a new Profile when installing a new Mozilla Release.

Ramona