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   gargoyle to ralphfralphf@xtraxtra.coco.nznz.und   
   Re: NS 7.2 won't let me change home page   
   27 Nov 05 00:03:04   
   
   From: gargoyle@anywhere.net   
      
   On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:31:25 +0000, Ralph Fox   
    wrote:   
      
   >One more thing to check...   
   >   
   >1.  Go to your NS 7.2 user profile folder   
   >    (On 98SE, "C:\Windows\Application Data\Netscape\NSAE\Profiles\[random   
   string].[Profilname]\")   
   >    See http://www.holgermetzger.de/pdl.html for a full list.   
   >   
   >2.  Look for a file named "user.js" in that folder.   
   >   
   >3.  Q: Does the file "user.js" contain a line similar to this?   
   >   
   >        user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://browser.n   
   tscape.com/ns8/");   
   >   
   >    If so, delete that line and restart NS 7.2.   
      
      
   The start up homepage in the user.js file is the one I WANT Netscape   
   to open with (google.com).  It still opens with the Netscape 8.0   
   download page.   
      
   Thank you for that suggestion, however.   
      
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