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On 16/07/2025 8:34 am, alexyu wrote:
> Daniel70 wrote, on 15 j]Jul 2025 09:38:
>
>  > On 15/07/2025 8:15 pm, Don Vito Martinelli wrote:
>  >> Daniel70 wrote:
>  >>> I'm betting that if you were to look at the relevant file (with a
> Text Editor), you would see that it lists a double setting of File
> Locations, one set to display the Windows formatted copies (i.e.
> C:\SeaMonkey\Profiles\addressbook) and a similar (but different) set of
> Linux formatted copies(i.e. Home/SeaMonkey/Profiles/addressbook).
>  >>>
>  >>
>  >> Unlikely, where would the "foreign OS" values come from?  They
> should also be visible in about:config and I've seen no signs of that.
>  >
>  > When you set up your Windows SeaMonkey profile, the Windows-styled
> addresses of associated files would be placed in the Config file (or
> whatever).
>  >
>  > Then, when you set up your Linux SeaMonkey profile (with it pointing
> towards the Windows Profile), the Linux styled addresses of associated
> LINUX files would also be placed in the SAME Config file.
>  >
>  > At least this WAS the case for my Laptop where I had set up the Linux
> SeaMonkey pointing to the Windows Profile. My thoughts might change when
> I set up Linux and Linux SeaMonkey on this Desktop.
>
> This very probably is at least part of the 'SM programming mechanisms'
> which allow the behavior I described:  Yes, the profile-definition files
> do have in them addresses for all of the Windows versions I use
> (XP,7-32,7-64--no Linux), and hopefully these are added whenever
> relevant (depending on the Win version being used), and the programs
> 'know/discover' which version is most apt for each session.
>
> Very possibly, that flexibility does not extend to Linux-Windows combos,
> so that might be why they are much more dangerous...
>
As I recall they would be on seperate lines, one under the other, so if
it works (safely) one way, it should work (safely) the other way.

IMHO, for what it's worth. ;-P
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Daniel70