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Date:	Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:22:22 PST8
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Mozilla upgrade

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Thanks Tom,
Those are the same files I am using, and there are no copies in any other
directories. It is strange that Mozilla 1.5 works fine, but neither 1.6a
nor 1.6b does. Sandy

In <3FECC05E.3050800@san.rr.com>, on 12/26/03
at 03:12 PM, Tom Brown said:

>Check to amke sure that you don't have old versions of the Dlls in
>another directory. I am using these with 1.6b:

>10-06-03 11:25p 25,721 0 a--- gcc322.dll
>10-27-03 5:13p 230,785 0 a--- libc04.dll

>Sandy Shapiro wrote:
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>> Well -- version 1.5 works fine.
>> Except for npwv.dll -- that gives me a black screen when I click on
>> certain url links.
>>
>> But if I try to install 1.6a or 1.6b, the orange box with Mozilla come on
>> the screen briefly and then disappears. Nothing is then running.
>>
>> I'd like to get npwv.dll to work, but I am afraid to try installing 1.6
>> over 1.5.
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>> In <20031226202748.8323.qmail@cher.linkline.com>, on 12/26/03
>> at 12:27 PM, waynec@linkline.com said:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Sandy, I had those same symptoms with an earlier version of Mozilla...
>>
>>
>>>check your config.sys file to verify that your libpath statement starts
>>>with "LIBPATH=.;" followed then by your normal letter paths
>>>(D:\mozilla1.6b;D:\os2\dll; ...etc).
>>
>>
>>>I just happen to have the Mozilla path immediately after the ".;", I am
>>>not sure that's necessary.
>>
>>
>>>I am still on Mozilla 1.4b. But, back when I first installed it, someone
>>>gave me that tip on the Mozilla newsgroup and it worked for me
>>
>>
>>>Wayne
>>
>>
>>>Sandy Shapiro writes:
>>
>>
>>>>I tried upgrading Mozilla 1.4.1 to Mozilla 1.6b.
>>>>
>>>>What I did:
>>>>
>>>>I deleted everything in the Mozilla subdirectories except Mozprofiles and
>>>>Plugins.
>>>>
>>>>I unzipped the GCC file, lib04 into the Mozilla directory.
>>>>I then unzipped the 1.6b file.
>>>>I then deleted the secmod.db and xul.mfl files as per the Mr. Kia article.
>>>>
>>>>What happened:
>>>>When I went to start Mozilla.exe, I got the Mozilla splash screen briefly,
>>>>and then it disappeared. That was all. Nothing was running. I tried
>>>>repeating the Mozilla.exe, but the same thing kept happening.
>>>>
>>>>So now I have deleted everything relating to 1.6b and restored 1.4.1 from
>>>>a backup.
>>>>
>>>>I would like to try and install Mozilla 1.6b again, but I have overlooked
>>>>something and can't figure out what. If anyone has any suggestions, I will
>>>>try again. (Also, I did not try rebooting after installing the Mozilla
>>>>1.6b, but I don't thing that should matter?)
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Sandy
>>>>

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