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Bookmark's URL changes on it's own

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Trying to bookmark a pdf, it's on the same location across my devices, but my devices have different usernames, so I added "%userprofile%" to the filepath so that it opens on any device. The issue is that when I enter this into the Bookmark URL bar, it automatically sticks "25" next to the % characters, which makes the bookmark unusable.

"C:\Users\%userprofile%\Documents\example.pdf" automatically becomes "file:///C:/Users/%25userprofile%25/Documents/example.pdf"

Also, as I just discovered now when I pasted this URL into this post, a second "25" is inserted, becoming: "file:///C:/Users/%2525userprofile%2525/Documents/example.pdf"

Trying to bookmark a pdf, it's on the same location across my devices, but my devices have different usernames, so I added "%userprofile%" to the filepath so that it opens on any device. The issue is that when I enter this into the Bookmark URL bar, it automatically sticks "25" next to the % characters, which makes the bookmark unusable. "C:\Users\%userprofile%\Documents\example.pdf" automatically becomes "file:///C:/Users/%25userprofile%25/Documents/example.pdf" Also, as I just discovered now when I pasted this URL into this post, a second "25" is inserted, becoming: "file:///C:/Users/%2525userprofile%2525/Documents/example.pdf"

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The % character has a special meaning in URLs since it is used to encode characters that otherwise have a function in URLs. %25 is the code for the % character.

Setting that aside, I don't think Firefox can expand %USERPROFILE% the way File Explorer does. Can you make it work if you try it in the address bar without bookmarking? It's not working for me.

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Woops, should have actually tried that before I posted. You are correct, it does not, is there any way I could implement this?

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Unfortunately, I can't think of any Firefox feature for this.

Does a shortcut in the root of the C drive work? (To get the URL, you can browse to C:\ and then right-click > Copy Link.)

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I assume that on Windows you can make this work by using an extra drive letter for that C:\Users\%USERPROFILE% file path.