119465 - Poor documentation on how to create new profiles

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Documentation Graveyard :: Help Viewer, defect)

Description

[Jim Power]

Mozilla creates one profile in the default installation.  From then on it never
goes to profile manager.  Profile manager is not available from the Mozilla
menus (or at least, I cannot find it) and there is no documentation on profiles
in the help file (at least, not in the index under "Profile Manager".

Considering how many times the answer to a problem is "create a new profile"
this is a serious omission.

Comment 1

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

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Comment 2

[rudman]

-->jatin.

Comment 3

[Azrael AOD]

well on the install version of mozilla a link to profile manager is created.
also mozilla is for testers.. not end users... (how many times do we hear that)
so testers should know anyway? *ducks*

either way.. I'm guessing this is good enough to be confirmed as new... but then
will probably get resolved as wontfix .. 

Comment 4

[Jatin Billimoria]

On Windows systems, Mozilla does have Profile Manager in the start menu. If
there is not yet a section called Managing Profiles in the Mozilla help, there
will be when the Netscape help is donated to Mozilla. This section provides
documentation on creating new profiles and managing existing ones. Resolving as
invalid.

Comment 5

[Brant Gurganus]

While there is now profile help, it doesn't mention the new profile manager
listing in Tools menu.

Comment 6

[Daniel Wang]

-> invalid

Brant, file a new bug and have it linked to bug 121578

Comment 7

[benc]

I looked at the help in Mozilla 1.7.13 vs. Seamonkey 1.0.5, and there was a big problem w/ the help info (it  was all wrong on this topic...)

So this bug was valid, and apparently fixed via bug  206096.

Comment 8

[benc]

v/fixed - the content was verified in the other bug.