Thunderbird upgrade to version 3 - DON'T!....

[paularoid]

..... without a backup or the installer of the previous version. :mad:

I started up the Mozilla Thunderbird mail program that I've been using for ages and just on a whim I decided to check for updates/upgrades right when I was getting ready to shut things down. I've religiously upgraded every time there's been one available and until now I've been very grateful and rewarded. Today when it was reported that version 3 was available and I was asked if I wanted to upgrade I said yes as usual. When the program was supposed to restart, it didn't. Somewhere in the panic I'd lost EVERYTHING . . . . . on the surface.

FORTUNATELY for me I still had the installer for the previous version which I reinstalled and everything came back. This should be a wise word to those that are presented with the opportunity to "upgrade" . . . . . DON'T! At least don't do it unless you've got the previous version to fall back on. Also, BACK UP OFTEN!

I've got everything back now (whew) fortunately,.... but I was lucky. Nothing disappeared except visually for a short time.

[paularoid]

Okay, I just successfully upgraded both Thunderbird and Firefox both to the latest version with resounding success. I did it -offline- as opposed to online.

I went and downloaded the installation package of both rather than accepting/taking the opportunity to upgrade while online. Then I set a 'restore point' just so that I could go back if anything fouled up like the last time. The only things I lost was the use of about four of my extensions/add-ons that were only frivolous ones at best so no great pain.

I know there's a lot of reasons not to even use restore points but when one takes precautions a restore point can save you from yourself. :rolleyes: