[WEB4LIB] Netscape Blues

[Caleb Tucker-Raymond]

Hi Michael,

We had this same problem with Netscape 4.x running on Windows NT.

The file /winnt/nsreg.dat needs it's security settings set for the user to
be able to at least Change.

Hope this helps.

Caleb T-R
Electronic Systems Librarian
Saint Mary's College of California

On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Michael Dargan wrote:

> Several times in the last month I've run into the following problem:
> Netscape 4.73, when launched, doesn't offer an opportunity to choose and
> existing profile but instead demands that new profile be created.  If a
> new profile is created the browser doesn't come up.
> 
> I've tried reinstalling 4.73, have upgraded to 4.78, have uninstalled and
> reinstalled, uninstalled and removed every registry entry that refers to
> either Netscape or Mozilla but still am unable to get the browser up.
> 
> The only way I've been able to resolve the problem thus far has been to
> format and reinstall.  Does anyone have a simpler solution?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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