[X-Apps] Preferences-not being saved

[Vicki Brown]

>From: "Frame:X" <framex22 at fastmail.fm>
>
>Sorry if this has been asked before but I'm new to OS X(10.2.4) & have
>problems on 2 computers with some application preferences not being saved.
>When I set any preferences in IE or Safari or some other apps, the next time
>I restart the computer, all the preferences are gone & these programs are
>set to their original condition (after their install). Is there a way to fix

>From: Bill Reburn <bill at pacificcoast.net>
>
>I have this problem with IE specifically. It started for me 2 weeks ago when
>IE was flaking so I turfed it and all it's pref files and re-installed from
>scratch.

On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 01:55  PM, Bill Reburn wrote:
> Very frustrating to have IE get amnesia right in the middle of a secure
> banking session. Doubly frustrating because as much as everyone likes

Could you both be a little more specific?

I've been running 10.2.4 AND IE 5.2.2 (and Safari most of the time; I switch
to IE when Safari can't do something, _after I send a bug report to
Apple!!!!!_).

I haven't lost any prefs - system prefs or application prefs - since way back
in the 10.1.3 days.  Spouse uses 10.2.4 and IE pretty much exclusively; if he
had been losing settings I would have heard about it :)

What sort of prefs/settings are you losing? Do you click the OK button after
setting prefs or leave the window open? Have you tried saving prefs then
closing and reopening IE? (that is, could there perhaps be a bug in Apple's
Quit-before-logout code that isn't saving prefs the way an application cmd-Q
would?

Have you checked the privileges on IE and its prefs files?  (Where does IE
keep its settings anyway?).  is there perhaps a problem there, e.g. you
installed as a different user and it's failing to write the changes, but
doesn't tell you that?
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- Vicki

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