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Firefox makes re-installs so easy

December 12th, 2007

There are very few instances I can think of where re-installing you entire operating system can be a fun painless process. No matter what it seems you always miss something and lose some data. It seems like Firefox developers had the same gripe and did something about it.Firefox profiles

In order backup/save/move all Firefox settings such as bookmarks, extensions, saved passwords - everything that makes using Firefox a good experience - you only need to pay attention to 1 folder. On windows this folder is located in “documents and settings/your username/application data/Mozilla”. For details follow this link on “How To Manage Profiles“.

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One Response to “Firefox makes re-installs so easy”

  1. noah Says:
    December 12th, 2007 at 4:08 pm

    I’ve also used this method to share my profile between operating systems. My laptop dual-boots Windows XP and Ubuntu 7.10 and I have a small partition that I keep my Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird profiles on. The Profile Manager needs to be configured in separately in each operating system.

    This saves me a lot of grief and keeps me connected to my email and browser bookmarks.

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