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Firefox overwrites profiles manually copied into version 26 or 27

பயர்பாக்ஸ் Installation and updates
cor-el replied 12 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு
foxhelpplease
foxhelpplease

Working with new installs of Firefox on several XP. I have been manually backing up the entire maxilla folder located in C:\Documents and Settings\User1\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla for several years and coping the entire Mozilla folder or just the profile folder into new installations of Firefox with no problems. I also make sure the backups are the same Firefox versions to be certain of compatibility. This no longer works with current versions. Firefox overwrites or reinstalls the profile components leaving Firefox unchanged. It’s like fighting a hijacked browser. Please fix this bug. Thanks.

Working with new installs of Firefox on several XP. I have been manually backing up the entire maxilla folder located in C:\Documents and Settings\User1\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla for several years and coping the entire Mozilla folder or just the profile folder into new installations of Firefox with no problems. I also make sure the backups are the same Firefox versions to be certain of compatibility. This no longer works with current versions. Firefox overwrites or reinstalls the profile components leaving Firefox unchanged. It’s like fighting a hijacked browser. Please fix this bug. Thanks.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister

Not the location of the Profile folder -
C:\Documents and Settings\User1\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla

Local Settings is the path to the cache part of the Profile folders.

C:\Documents and Settings\User1\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox is the correct location.

cor-el
cor-el
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Note that you also need to backup the profiles.ini file if you want to restore a copied profile folder backup because otherwise Firefox won't find this profile.