Upgrade although Zotero 2.0 is already installed?

Chris_hk

Hi there,

I had Zotero 2.0 installed on my notebook for a few months already, when I got the message "this is a major upgrade" a few days ago. The upgrade instructions linked in this message refer to the upgrade from 1.0 to 2.0. So, since 2.0 was already installed, I am confused what kind of upgrade this is supposed to be?
Since I am working on a major project, I am somewhat terrified by imagining that I'll have to update every single citation in my documents again as I had to when I initially upgraded to 2.0.

Is that a bug? Can it be fixed?

Thanks.

dstillman

That message only shows up (currently) when Zotero 2.0 encounters a 1.0 database. Can't really tell you more than that. Maybe you were using a custom data directory and the preference somehow got reset, such that Zotero is trying to upgrade the old 1.0 database in your Firefox profile directory?

Chris_hk

Thanks. Ok. I had synced my database from this computer these days. Could that be the reason?

Do you reckon I should do the 'upgrade'? What is the risk?

dstillman

No, a Zotero sync couldn't cause this.

Skip the upgrade and go to Tools->Add-ons->Extensions->Zotero->Preferences->Advanced and look at the data directory.

Chris_hk

Did that. Changed it back from 'firefox directory' to the file on my hard disk. Restarted ff. Zotero still does not work. 'There was an error starting zotero'.

dstillman

http://www.zotero.org/support/reporting_bugs#reporting_startup_errors

Chris_hk

update. Zotero seems to work now after I restarted the computer. I'll keep you posted if this issue comes up again.