Moving your profile folder: Revision history

21 August 2007

• curprev 15:3015:30, 21 August 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,412 bytes −222‎ →‎Create a new profile and copy the old one over it: clarified which folder contents to copy, removed instructions to edit the prefs.js file paths no longer needed in recent versions
• curprev 14:5414:54, 21 August 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,634 bytes +28‎ →‎Create a new profile and migrate your old data: updated link and reworded so that Mozilla/SM Mail users know they need to copy the prefs.js file
• curprev 14:2414:24, 21 August 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,606 bytes −18‎ →‎Using the Profile Manager to move your profile: recovering ---> copied

20 August 2007

• curprev 21:1221:12, 20 August 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,624 bytes +62‎ →‎Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey 1.x: made duplicate "default" profile example more general, as a "Note".
• curprev 20:4520:45, 20 August 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,562 bytes +374‎ Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey 1.x - how to work around moving a default profile from another computer
• curprev 19:5019:50, 20 August 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,188 bytes +76‎ →‎Modify profiles.ini to point to the new location (Advanced): removed SeaMonkey references, except for the Note about SeaMonkey 2. Replaced parentheses with hyphen in section name
• curprev 19:4019:40, 20 August 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,112 bytes +57‎ →‎Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey 1.x
• curprev 19:2719:27, 20 August 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,055 bytes +1,614‎ →‎Using the Profile Manager to move your profile: added separate Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey method
• curprev 11:1111:11, 20 August 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 8,441 bytes +84‎ →‎Recommended way: renamed section "Using the Profile Manager to move your profile" and clarified that it is only for Fx and Tbird at present
• curprev 05:4305:43, 20 August 2007‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ m 8,357 bytes 0‎ typp
• curprev 05:3905:39, 20 August 2007‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 8,357 bytes +277‎ Clarified support for Mozilla Mail and SeaMonkey 1.x

19 August 2007

• curprev 23:1723:17, 19 August 2007‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 8,080 bytes +545‎ added recommended way based on using profile manager, cleanup.

29 June 2007

• curprev 19:2719:27, 29 June 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 7,535 bytes +17‎ Intro: updated 2nd link; OSX -> Mac OS X

1 February 2007

• curprev 19:5619:56, 1 February 2007‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ m 7,518 bytes −17‎ changed one sentence to make it generic enough to include removable media
• curprev 19:5319:53, 1 February 2007‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ m 7,535 bytes +96‎ added one more scenario to make it clearer

2 January 2007

• curprev 02:4002:40, 2 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 7,439 bytes +101‎ →‎Troubleshooting: added link to Starting Firefox or Thunderbird with a specified profile

1 January 2007

• curprev 23:1023:10, 1 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 7,338 bytes +5‎ →‎Method 1: link to profiles.ini file

30 December 2006

• curprev 14:1814:18, 30 December 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 7,333 bytes +290‎ →‎Method 1: added "Caution" that incorrect editing of profiles.ini can prevent Fx or Tbird from starting because of bug 278860

24 October 2006

• curprev 13:4513:45, 24 October 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 7,043 bytes +28‎ →‎Troubleshooting: linked to command line arguments
• curprev 10:5810:58, 24 October 2006‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 7,015 bytes +437‎ →‎Troubleshooting

13 October 2006

• curprev 20:0720:07, 13 October 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,578 bytes +945‎ Method 1: removed references to Netscape and Mozilla Suite and added "See also" links for those applications
• curprev 18:0118:01, 13 October 2006‎ Dar nj talk contribs‎ 5,633 bytes +63‎ →‎Method 1

15 September 2006

• curprev 23:4823:48, 15 September 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 5,570 bytes +46‎ updated "simpler procedure" link to Profile_backup#Restoring_or_migrating_your_backed-up_profile

10 September 2006

• curprev 01:5501:55, 10 September 2006‎ Daifne talk contribs‎ m 5,524 bytes −126‎ →‎Method 1
• curprev 01:5301:53, 10 September 2006‎ Daifne talk contribs‎ m 5,650 bytes +127‎ →‎Method 1

17 June 2006

• curprev 19:0519:05, 17 June 2006‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 5,523 bytes +487‎ issues when moving between dissimilar operating systems

10 March 2006

• curprev 17:2517:25, 10 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,036 bytes −119‎ spam off
• curprev 17:1317:13, 10 March 2006‎ 67.81.121.98 talk‎ 5,155 bytes +119‎ No edit summary

9 March 2006

• curprev 09:3009:30, 9 March 2006‎ JamesMZ talk contribs‎ 5,036 bytes −622‎ spam off
• curprev 07:2007:20, 9 March 2006‎ Wrqybs talk contribs‎ 5,658 bytes +622‎ No edit summary
• curprev 03:4103:41, 9 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,036 bytes −1,262‎ spam off
• curprev 03:1503:15, 9 March 2006‎ Vxfqjf talk contribs‎ 6,298 bytes +1,262‎ No edit summary

8 March 2006

• curprev 21:3321:33, 8 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,036 bytes −1,262‎ spam off
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• curprev 15:0915:09, 8 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,036 bytes −1,262‎ spam off
• curprev 11:1511:15, 8 March 2006‎ Dsaejq talk contribs‎ 6,298 bytes +1,262‎ No edit summary

7 March 2006

• curprev 23:4423:44, 7 March 2006‎ Unarmed talk contribs‎ m 5,036 bytes −1,262‎ spam off
• curprev 23:3423:34, 7 March 2006‎ Neibnw talk contribs‎ 6,298 bytes +1,262‎ No edit summary

28 February 2006

• curprev 13:1013:10, 28 February 2006‎ Np talk contribs‎ 5,036 bytes −101‎ rv vandalism
• curprev 06:3006:30, 28 February 2006‎ Zaqrry talk contribs‎ 5,137 bytes +101‎ No edit summary

4 January 2006

• curprev 16:2016:20, 4 January 2006‎ Wintogreen talk contribs‎ m 5,036 bytes +11‎ →‎Method 2: linkify prefs.js

5 November 2005

• curprev 10:0610:06, 5 November 2005‎ Wintogreen talk contribs‎ m 5,025 bytes −2‎ →‎Troubleshooting

18 October 2005

• curprev 07:3607:36, 18 October 2005‎ Wintogreen talk contribs‎ 5,027 bytes +1,283‎ bringing back the old Method 2, in abbreviated form

26 September 2005

• curprev 22:2722:27, 26 September 2005‎ Mozcerize talk contribs‎ m 3,744 bytes +23‎ category

10 September 2005

• curprev 05:3705:37, 10 September 2005‎ Np talk contribs‎ 3,721 bytes −3,873‎ →‎Method 2: replace with link to new article

26 August 2005

• curprev 08:4008:40, 26 August 2005‎ 212.84.99.128 talk‎ 7,594 bytes −1‎ →‎2. Copy the contents of the old profile to the new one

16 August 2005

• curprev 19:1719:17, 16 August 2005‎ Vectorspace talk contribs‎ 7,595 bytes +161‎ →‎4. Edit the "chrome.rdf" file: - actual path info

9 August 2005

• curprev 23:0123:01, 9 August 2005‎ Dino17 talk contribs‎ 7,434 bytes +82‎ No edit summary

30 July 2005

• curprev 07:5307:53, 30 July 2005‎ Empyrean talk contribs‎ 7,352 bytes +104‎ →‎4. Edit the "chrome.rdf" file

28 May 2005

• curprev 05:3805:38, 28 May 2005‎ Wintogreen talk contribs‎ m 7,248 bytes −36‎ cut "Five steps..."