2011-12-30

Move firefox user profile to new computer

by indi on Friday, February 13th, 2009 | 3 Comments

I had some issues with my work laptop the other day and all my settings for my applications had been lost. Damn I thought, I’ve lost all my bookmarks and firefox settings. However I had backed up my profile a few days before but wasn’t sure how to move it to my new computer seamlessly.

After a bit of googling and trial & error, I found the following way to work the best:

4. Copy profile folder (XXXXXXX.default) and paste it to desired location (eg. C:\Firefox\Profiles)

5. Start -> Run -> type ‘firefox.exe -ProfileManager’

8. Select the newly copied folder (eg. C:\Firefox\Profiles\XXXXXXX.default)

9. Now select the newly created profile and click ‘Start Firefox’ — check that all your cookies etc are there

10. Surf the net!

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Source: http://lookforitoverhere.com

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