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| [[Category:Profiles]]
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| : ''This article applies to the Mozilla Suite, Firefox, Thunderbird and some other Mozilla-based applications.''
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| The Mozilla Suite, Firefox, and Thunderbird each store a user's personal information such as bookmarks, e-mail, address books, extensions, and user preferences in a unique '''profile'''. The first time you start the Mozilla Suite (or Firefox or Thunderbird), it will automatically create a default profile; additional profiles can be created using the [[Profile Manager]]. Each profile is stored in its own folder on your computer.
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| ==Where is my profile folder?==
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| By default, profiles are created in the folders listed below. When creating a profile with the [[Profile Manager]], you can choose to place it elsewhere. Note that, by default, profiles are stored in a completely different location than the application [[installation directory]].
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| ===For Windows 2000 and XP users===
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| '''If you cannot find your profile folder''': Windows 2000 and XP sometimes hide the profile folders because "Application Data" is a hidden folder. In Explorer (i.e. double-click My Computer) click: Tools → Folder Options → View (tab) → Show Hidden files and folders.
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| For those curious, the "<tt>%APPDATA%</tt>" phrase for Windows 2000/XP is an environment variable that automatically updates for login username changes and will quickly locate your Application Data folder.
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| ===Mozilla Suite===
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| {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
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| ! Operating system !! Folder(s)
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| | Windows 9x/Me || <tt>C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\<Profile name>\********.slt\</tt>
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| | Windows 9x/Me, alternate || <tt>C:\Windows\Profiles\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\<Profile name>\********.slt\</tt>
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| | Windows NT 4.x || <tt>C:\Winnt\Profiles\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\<Profile name>\********.slt\</tt>
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| | Windows 2000/XP || <tt>C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\<Profile name>\********.slt\<br />
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| %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Profiles\<Profile name>\********.slt\</tt>
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| | Unix || <tt>~/.mozilla/<Profile name>/********.slt</tt>
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| | Mac OS X || <tt>~/Library/Mozilla/Profiles/<Profile name>/********.slt<br />
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| ~/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/Profiles/<Profile name>/********.slt</tt>
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| |}
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| '''Notice''': Firefox and Thunderbird have default profile folder names of "<tt>********.default</tt>" where "<tt>********</tt>" is eight random letters and numbers.
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| ===Firefox===
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| {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
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| ! Operating system !! Folder(s)
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| | Windows 9x/Me || <tt>C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<Profile name>\</tt>
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| | Windows 9x/Me, alternate || <tt>C:\Windows\Profiles\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<Profile name>\</tt>
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| | Windows NT 4.x || <tt>C:\Winnt\Profiles\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<Profile name>\</tt>
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| | Windows 2000/XP || <tt>C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<Profile name>\<br />
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| %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<Profile name>\</tt>
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| | Unix || <tt>~/.mozilla/firefox/<Profile name>/</tt>
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| | Mac OS X || <tt>~/Library/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/<Profile name>/<br />
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| ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<Profile name>/</tt>
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| |}
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| ===Sunbird===
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| Like Firefox above, but replace the directory name "Firefox" with "Sunbird" in the paths.
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| ===Thunderbird===
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| {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
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| ! Operating system !! Folder(s)
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| | Windows 9x/Me || <tt>C:\Windows\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\<Profile name>\</tt>
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| | Windows 9x/Me, alternate || <tt>C:\Windows\Profiles\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\<Profile name>\</tt>
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| | Windows NT 4.x || <tt>C:\Winnt\Profiles\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\<Profile name>\</tt>
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| | Windows 2000/XP || <tt>C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\<Profile name>\<br />
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| %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\<Profile name>\</tt>
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| | Unix || <tt>~/.thunderbird/<Profile name>/</tt> or possibly <tt>~/.mozilla-thunderbird<Profile name></tt>
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| | Mac OS X || <tt>~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/<Profile name>/<br />
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| ~/Library/Application Support/Thunderbird/Profiles/<Profile name>/</tt><br />
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| Users/<user name>/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/<Profile name>/
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| |}
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| ==Managing profiles==
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| * You can select a profile to use, create a new profile, and delete or rename an existing profile using [[Profile Manager]]. See the linked article for detailed instructions.
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| * See [[Profile backup]] for instructions on backing up your profile.
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| * If you get a "profile is already in use" message it means that the profile is locked. See [[Profile in use]] for details.
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| ===What do I do if my profile's corrupted?===
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| If your profile is corrupted, [[Profile_Manager#How_do_I_create_a_new_profile.3F|create a new profile]] then [[Migrating settings to a new profile | migrate your settings to the new profile]].
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| ==Files and folders in the profile==
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| Note: it's not recommended to edit these files directly. Instead, use their respective interfaces.
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| ===Folders===
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| {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
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| !Name
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| !Application
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| !Description
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| | <tt>bookmarkbackups</tt>
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| | Firefox (starting in 1.5)
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| | Daily rotating backups of your bookmarks.
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| | <tt>Cache</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite
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| | Cached Internet files. You can't open these files directly, use [[About protocol links | about:cache]]
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| | <tt>chrome</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite
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| | <tt>extensions</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite
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| | Installed extensions
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| | <tt>ImapMail</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Mail from IMAP sources
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| | <tt>Mail</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Mail from POP sources and Local Folders
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| | <tt>News</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | News from newsgroups
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| | <tt>searchplugins</tt>
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| | Firefox (starting in 1.5)
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| | Contains search engine plugins and their icons for the [[Search Bar]]
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| ===Files===
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| {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
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| ! Name
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| ! Application
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| ! Description
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| | <tt>.parentlock</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird (MacOS X)
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| | See <tt>parent.lock</tt>
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| | <tt>abook.mab</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Personal Address Book
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| | <tt>bookmarks.bak</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite
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| | Backup of bookmarks.html
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| | <tt>bookmarks.html</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite
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| | Bookmarks
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| | <tt>bookmarks-''(date)''.html</tt> in <tt>bookmarkbackups</tt>
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| | Firefox (starting in 1.5)
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| | Daily rotating backups of your bookmarks.
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| | <tt>cert8.db</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Security certificates
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| | <tt>compatibility.ini</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird
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| | <tt>components.ini</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird
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| | <tt>compreg.dat</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird
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| | <tt>cookies.txt</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite
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| | [[Cookies]]
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| | <tt>defaults.ini</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird
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| | <tt>downloads.rdf</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite
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| | Download history
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| | <tt>extensions.cache</tt>
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| | Firefox
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| | <tt>extensions.ini</tt>
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| | Firefox
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| | <tt>extensions.rdf</tt>
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| | Firefox
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| | Installed extension information
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| | <tt>extensions-startup.manifest</tt>
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| | Firefox
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| | <tt>formhistory.dat</tt>
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| | Firefox
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| | Saved form data
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| | <tt>key3.db</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | <tt>history.dat</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite
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| | Browsing history
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| | <tt>history.mab</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Collected Addresses
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| | <tt>hostperm.1</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite
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| | Per-site preferences for allowing [[cookies]] and popups.
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| | <tt>localstore.rdf</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite
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| | Toolbar and window positioning/sizing settings
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| | <tt>lock</tt> (Linux)
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | See <tt>parent.lock</tt>
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| | <tt>mimeTypes.rdf</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Action to perform when downloading certain types of files
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| | <tt>msgFilterRules.dat</tt> in <tt>ImapMail</tt>, <tt>Mail</tt>, <tt>News</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Message filters
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| | <tt>panacea.dat</tt>
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| | Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite
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| | <tt>parent.lock</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird (Windows)
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| | Marker showing that the current [[profile in use | profile is in use]]
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| | <tt>popstate.dat</tt> in Mail
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Keeps track of which messages have been downloaded from the server
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| | <tt>prefs.js</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | All preferences. See: [[about:config]]
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| | <tt>search.rdf</tt>
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| | Firefox
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| | <tt>secmod.db</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite
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| | <tt>signons.txt</tt>
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| | Firefox
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| | Encrypted saved passwords, requires <tt>key3.db</tt> to work
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| | <tt>training.dat</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Custom training for [[Junk Mail Controls]]
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| | <tt>[[user.js]] (does not exist by default)</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | User-set overriding preferences
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| | <tt>[[userChrome.css]]</tt> in <tt>chrome</tt> (does not exist by default)
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | User-set CSS to change the way the application looks
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| | <tt>[[userContent.css]]</tt> in <tt>chrome</tt> (does not exist by default)
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | User-set CSS to change the way webpages look
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| | <tt>virtualfolders.dat</tt>
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| | Thunderbird
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| | Virtual folder settings
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| | <tt>xpti.dat</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird
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| | <tt>xul.mfasl</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird (Linux)
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| | See <tt>XUL.mfl</tt>
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| | <tt>XUL.mfl</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird (Windows)
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| | Cached user interface data
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| | <tt>XUL FastLoad File</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird (MacOS X)
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| | See <tt>XUL.mfl</tt>
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| ===Files without specific names===
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| {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
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| | <tt>''(number)''.s</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Password data. The "(number).s" value is referenced in the [[about:config]] preference "signon.SignonFileName" preference
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| | <tt>''(number)''.w</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite
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| | Saved form data
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| | <tt>*.</tt> in <tt>ImapMail</tt>, <tt>Mail</tt>, and <tt>News</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Mail messages
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| | <tt>*.mab</tt> other than <tt>abook.mab</tt> and <tt>history.mab</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | User-created address books
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| | <tt>*.msf</tt> in <tt>ImapMail</tt>, <tt>Mail</tt>, and <tt>News</tt>
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| | Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Index files for mail messages
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| | <tt>*.src</tt> in <tt>searchplugins</tt>
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| | Firefox
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| | [[Uninstall search plugins|Search engine plugins]] for the [[Search Bar]]
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| ===Files outside of the profile folder===
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| | <tt>pluginreg.dat</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Registration of plugin mimetypes
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| | <tt>profiles.ini</tt>
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| | Firefox, Thunderbird
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| | Keeps track of where your profiles are located
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| | <tt>registry.dat</tt>
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| | Firefox, Mozilla Suite, Thunderbird
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| | Keeps track of where your profiles are located in Mozilla Suite and older versions of Firefox and Thunderbird
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Migrating settings to a new profile]]
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| * [[Profile backup]]
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| * [[Profile Manager]]
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| * [[Roaming profile]]
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| * [[Profile in use]]
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.5/faq/profile.html Mozilla Suite Profile FAQ]
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| * [http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile Firefox Help: How To Manage Profiles]
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| * [http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/profile Thunderbird Help: How To Manage Profiles]
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