Comments on: Duplicating your Firefox profile

By: mark

mark — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:53:23 +0000

Ah, nevermind. I just created a new profile with the Profile Manager to get a new 8-character code, deleted the contents of the new profile folder, then copied the contents of the original profile to it.

By: mark

mark — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:38:20 +0000

Good guide, but how do I duplicate the default profile on the same computer? Is it possible to generate another eight-character code? Cheers.

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By: eddie

eddie — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:21:33 +0000

This is WRONG!!!!
As other users have said, copying the whole profile results in extension failure.

Follow instructions from offical mozilla FAQ: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Migrating_settings_to_a_new_profile

“Note: Do not copy the whole profile directory. Some of the other files contain absolute path information (like for security certificates), and your profile might not work correctly with old entries from the original profile.:”

Note first line: “This article describes how to copy data and settings from one profile to another and lists a suggested set of files. This process will not migrate extensions, themes or toolbar/window customizations.” You must reinstall extensions and plugins. MozBackup does not work for FF 1.5.

By: gbh

gbh — Wed, 24 May 2006 06:21:16 +0000

ive been looking how to do this now i know, thank you

By: J44xm

J44xm — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:10:24 +0000

Whereas I’m concerned, Portable Firefox is hands-down the way to go. Backing up your profile can scarcely be easier or more reliable. And it’s more convenient too.

By: matthew393

matthew393 — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:34:06 +0000

Richard Davies
I tried the manual method without success. Ended up using MozBackup.

By: Nogg3r5

Nogg3r5 — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:55:55 +0000

Regarding the feed, Im using the RSS 2.0 feed, thats the only one that seems to exist on your frontpage?!?

None of your posts have permalinks on them, even if i view them in firefox!!

By: jangelo

jangelo — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:53:09 +0000

"Or how about one that syncronizes all of your computer's Firefox profiles so that no matter what PC you are on it has the live, up-to-date settings?" You can also try PortableFirefox, which lets you run Firefox off a USB drive.

By: Anthony Timberlake

Anthony Timberlake — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:04:40 +0000

Or how about one that syncronizes all of your computer’s Firefox profiles so that no matter what PC you are on it has the live, up-to-date settings?

By: Richard Davies

Richard Davies — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:11:06 +0000

I’ve tried this on several occaisions to transfer my profile from one computer to another, but it never seems to transfer my extensions correctly. In short, the new profile ends up completely unusable. I then have to resort to manually reinstalling everthing from scratch, or using one of the utilities like MozBackup to do it for me.

I was just wondering if anyone else’s had the same experience…

By: jangelo

jangelo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:53:58 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Nogg3r5. No permalinks? I thought the RSS readers automatically take care of that. Will have to check on this one. Which feed are you subscribed to, BTW (atom, RSS2)?

Cheers.

By: David

David — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:31:28 +0000

Another option is to use a utility like MozBackup to backup your profile and restore it to another machine.

By: Nogg3r5

Nogg3r5 — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:33:40 +0000

I Thought everyone knew how to do this already? Obv not, anyway, its a good guide.

ALso, you need to add permalinks to your feed! I use the permalinks in thunderbird to open the posts in Firefox before i post comments and blog them etc. Yours is the only blog i read that doesnt have them