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<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Chris Yeh">
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<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Mozilla/4.05 [en]C-NSCP (WinNT; U) [Netscape]">
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<TITLE>Running Mozilla...</TITLE>
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<H2>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">Running Mozilla Without Trashing Netscape
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Installation</FONT></H2>
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This document explains how to run <TT>mozilla.exe</TT> separately from
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<TT>netscape.exe</TT> without trashing your regular installation of Netscape
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Communicator. This is necessary if, for example, you want to use Communicator's
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mail client while you work on Mozilla development.
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<BR>
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<OL>
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<LI>
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Before running <TT>mozilla.exe</TT>, create a new user profile either from
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a Netscape 4.0x installation using the "User Profile Manager" shortcut
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in the Utilities folder (on Windows) or by using the <TT>-new_account</TT>
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option on the command line of either <TT>netscape.exe</TT> or <TT>mozilla.exe</TT>.
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We suggest calling the profile "<TT>mozilla</TT>."</LI>
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<LI>
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Always use that new account when running <TT>mozilla.exe</TT>, and never
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run <TT>netscape.exe</TT> using that same account profile.</LI>
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</OL>
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To make things easier, you can start the application with the user account
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on the command line, for example:
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<UL><TT>mozilla.exe -P"mozilla"</TT></UL>
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This assures that prefs and the cache will not interfere between the two
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versions. This will be especially
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<BR>important as new prefs are added to the Mozilla product. Note that
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you must use quotes around the name and there can be no space between the
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"P" and the profile name. Otherwise, the application won't catch the profile
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switch, and it will try to load the profile name as the initial URL.
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<P>
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<HR WIDTH="100%">
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<BR>You can copy your <TT>bookmark.htm</TT> file from an existing profile
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to your new profile directory if you want to share bookmarks.
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<P>After the initial 3/31 release, we will add some code to Mozilla to
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prevent running with a profile that is already being used by <TT>netscape.exe</TT>.
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<BR>
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<HR WIDTH="100%">
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<BR><FONT SIZE=-1>Copyright © 1998 <A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/misc/contact_info.html">Netscape
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Communications Corporation</A></FONT>
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