206581 - mozilla 1.3.1 uses same profile as netscape 7.02

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 107694

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Richard Drago]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425

was just using recently installed Mozilla 1.3.1 ... looks good, picks up the
settings and bookmarks of NetScape etc ... no difficulties
tried to open Netscape 7.02 at the same time, but the profile was in use and
therefore unavailable ... is this a wee oversight, set a bookmark while in Moz
and it appears in my Netscape profile ...

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open mozilla browser
2.try to open netscape at same time
3.

Actual Results:  
error, "netscape cannot use the profile selected as it is in use, please select
or create another profile" and netscape refuses to start unless you use or
create another profile ... I only have the default / one I normally use in
netscape 7.02

Expected Results:  
on install copy the netscape settings so, that they can be used separately and
independently

Comment 1

[Patrick]

This is by design. As you say, bookmarks etc. are easily recognized between the
two. And that is because they use the same files. Since two programs cannot have
access to the same files at the same time you cannot use Mozilla and Netscape at
the same time. [unless you create two separate profiles, using the profile manager]

Comment 2

[Greg K.]

Actually, this is a dup. Reopening.

Comment 3

[Greg K.]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107694 ***

Comment 4

[José Jeria]

After you creat one profile for each browser you can launch them with a specific
profile by (edit the shortcut)
... mozilla.exe" -p "profileName"