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how to change the profile directory of firefox?

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feijilei
feijilei
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I know that the The default profile directory is 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox '

how can I change this?

I know that the The default profile directory is 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox ' how can I change this?

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Jafar Muhammed
Jafar Muhammed
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Please read this article.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles#w_restoring-to-a-different-location

Please let us know if You need any help.

ideato
ideato
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Hello, you can also try to modify profiles.ini file to point to the new location.....mmm.......it is more complicated !

see : Modify profiles.ini to point to the new location - Advanced


thank you

cor-el
cor-el
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You can't change that default location.
Firefox will at least create the profiles.ini file to register the profiles.
You can use the Profile Manager to create a new profile and click the Choose Folder button to specify the location of the profile.
Be sure to specify a new and empty folder if you use this and not one that already has files.

The only way to bypass using this location completely is to use a desktop shortcut that specifies the absolute profile path.