Profile Manager: Revision history

21 September 2019

• curprev 00:4400:44, 21 September 2019‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ m 16,916 bytes +14‎ No edit summary
• curprev 00:3800:38, 21 September 2019‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 16,902 bytes −13‎ mentioned using about:profiles link to run the Profile Manager, some rewording

27 August 2015

• curprev 21:1121:11, 27 August 2015‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 16,915 bytes +42‎ →‎Profile Manager shortcut: updated link to web.archive
• curprev 21:0721:07, 27 August 2015‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 16,873 bytes +165‎ →‎External links: updated ProfileSwitcher link, added AMO links

19 November 2014

• curprev 13:2513:25, 19 November 2014‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 16,708 bytes +31‎ →‎See also: added Profile cannot be loaded

13 August 2013

• curprev 10:0610:06, 13 August 2013‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 16,677 bytes +186‎ →‎Profile Manager shortcut: added Mac link

7 July 2013

• curprev 18:2518:25, 7 July 2013‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 16,491 bytes +523‎ Profile missing after using Migration Assistant - Mac OS

6 March 2013

• curprev 21:5421:54, 6 March 2013‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 15,968 bytes +18‎ Commented out warning on profile manager being removed. See discussion.
• curprev 20:5420:54, 6 March 2013‎ Chealer talk contribs‎ 15,950 bytes +61‎ link to profilemanager
• curprev 20:2620:26, 6 March 2013‎ Chealer talk contribs‎ 15,889 bytes −34‎ Profile Manager removed

15 August 2011

• curprev 14:1014:10, 15 August 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 15,923 bytes +532‎ →‎Accessing the Profile Manager: using the incorrect "-profile manager" argument now creates a "manager" folder instead of an error, due to the fix for bug 531532

16 July 2011

• curprev 20:3920:39, 16 July 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 15,391 bytes −6‎ updated note in intro

29 April 2011

• curprev 20:4320:43, 29 April 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 15,397 bytes +778‎ changed note in intro and added Windows examples for full pathe to SeaMonkey and Thunderbird executables - see discussion

12 April 2011

• curprev 15:5515:55, 12 April 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 14,619 bytes −3‎ →‎Creating a new profile: updated image
• curprev 11:4511:45, 12 April 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 14,622 bytes +553‎ →‎Windows: added more information about finding the exe file - see discussion.

21 January 2011

• curprev 14:0614:06, 21 January 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 14,069 bytes −7‎ Intro: replaced outdated Wiki article with link to blog post at ghacks.net
• curprev 13:5313:53, 21 January 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 14,076 bytes +12‎ Intro edited note and made it into a table block.
• curprev 13:2013:20, 21 January 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 14,064 bytes +139‎ Intro Note: added "after Firefox 4.0" and link to blog post abot PMBeta1; put references at the end.

5 January 2011

• curprev 22:1722:17, 5 January 2011‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 13,925 bytes +902‎ added Note and links about future removal of PM and standalone PM application being developed

8 December 2010

• curprev 12:2512:25, 8 December 2010‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 13,023 bytes +434‎ →‎Creating a new profile: Added note about ZoneAlarm vitual browsing issue

2 October 2010

• curprev 11:2511:25, 2 October 2010‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 12,589 bytes +10‎ →‎Creating a new profile

29 January 2010

• curprev 01:5201:52, 29 January 2010‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ m 12,579 bytes +25‎ No edit summary
• curprev 01:4501:45, 29 January 2010‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ m 12,554 bytes +33‎ →‎See also

22 January 2010

• curprev 14:3414:34, 22 January 2010‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 12,521 bytes +271‎ Added "Related bug reports"

4 October 2009

• curprev 22:4822:48, 4 October 2009‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ m 12,250 bytes 0‎ No edit summary

21 September 2009

• curprev 02:1902:19, 21 September 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 12,250 bytes +352‎ →‎Mac OS X: need to add -bin to avoid crash on some systems - bug 515198

20 April 2009

• curprev 17:1217:12, 20 April 2009‎ Dmcritchie talk contribs‎ 11,898 bytes +159‎ →‎External links to help with profiles

14 March 2009

• curprev 01:4701:47, 14 March 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 11,739 bytes +56‎ →‎Custom profile location: subheadings
• curprev 01:3501:35, 14 March 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 11,683 bytes +2‎ →‎See also
• curprev 01:3001:30, 14 March 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 11,681 bytes +72‎ →‎Renaming a profile
• curprev 01:2201:22, 14 March 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 11,609 bytes −3‎ →‎Renaming a profile: typo
• curprev 01:2001:20, 14 March 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 11,612 bytes +93‎ →‎Renaming a profile: file-name -> profile folder name. Removed suggestion to create a new profile and delete the old one which is dangerous and just recommended not renaming profiles.

13 March 2009

• curprev 13:4113:41, 13 March 2009‎ Dmcritchie talk contribs‎ m 11,519 bytes +2‎ →‎Renaming a profile (insert word a)
• curprev 13:2713:27, 13 March 2009‎ Dmcritchie talk contribs‎ 11,517 bytes +40‎ →‎See also -- added using multiple profiles
• curprev 13:2413:24, 13 March 2009‎ Dmcritchie talk contribs‎ 11,477 bytes +865‎ →‎Renaming a profile -- added

2 March 2009

• curprev 21:5321:53, 2 March 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,612 bytes +1‎ →‎Profile in use: fixed italics
• curprev 21:4221:42, 2 March 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,611 bytes −79‎ →‎Warning: see discussion
• curprev 21:1621:16, 2 March 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,690 bytes +6‎ →‎Deleting a Firefox Thunderbird or SeaMonkey 2 profile: reworded
• curprev 20:5520:55, 2 March 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,684 bytes +260‎ made initial warning more prominant and rewording, since it also applies to SeaMonkey 2.

6 February 2009

• curprev 06:1106:11, 6 February 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,424 bytes −13‎ →‎Creating a new profile: updated link

5 February 2009

• curprev 00:5600:56, 5 February 2009‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,437 bytes +59‎ →‎Custom profile location

13 January 2009

• curprev 20:5020:50, 13 January 2009‎ Quarantine talk contribs‎ m 10,378 bytes 0‎ →‎Mac OS X: - capitalized Firefox.app

18 September 2008

• curprev 17:0717:07, 18 September 2008‎ Jeffq talk contribs‎ m 10,378 bytes −1‎ fixed typo

13 June 2008

• curprev 13:5613:56, 13 June 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,379 bytes −118‎ External links: removed outdated link for Firefox Help at mozilla.org
• curprev 13:5213:52, 13 June 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,497 bytes +231‎ →‎See also: added 2 more links. "External links" section added with link to related SUMO article

4 April 2008

• curprev 00:5200:52, 4 April 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,266 bytes −23‎ →‎Windows

19 February 2008

• curprev 02:2202:22, 19 February 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,289 bytes −78‎ →‎Mac OS X: just used application names instead of "for ... enter this line"

15 February 2008

• curprev 20:1220:12, 15 February 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,367 bytes +37‎ →‎See also: added * Creating a new default profile

8 February 2008

• curprev 16:3116:31, 8 February 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 10,330 bytes −4‎ →‎Accessing the Profile Manager: "Tools -> Switch Profile..." now works in SeaMonkey 2

1 January 2008

• curprev 14:2414:24, 1 January 2008‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 10,334 bytes +501‎ updated for SeaMonkey and other minor edits

23 December 2007

• curprev 15:0915:09, 23 December 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 9,833 bytes +77‎ →‎Shortcut to a specific profile: added link to Shortcut to a specific profile

28 October 2007

• curprev 22:5022:50, 28 October 2007‎ Egidio talk contribs‎ 9,756 bytes +113‎ →‎Mac OS X

10 October 2007

• curprev 23:3923:39, 10 October 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 9,643 bytes +63‎ →‎Windows: Put the simplest and most used instructions first
• curprev 23:2023:20, 10 October 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 9,580 bytes +1,021‎ →‎Windows: restored detailed instrutions for Windows whuch inclues ''Thunderbird'', ''Mozilla Suite'' or ''SeaMonkey'' as well as Firefox.
• curprev 19:4919:49, 10 October 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 8,559 bytes −935‎ →‎Windows: Replaced detailed instructions with link to pictures

14 September 2007

• curprev 20:4120:41, 14 September 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 9,494 bytes −5‎ →‎Custom profile location: Warning--advanced users only. Tired of writing this for each user
• curprev 20:3920:39, 14 September 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 9,499 bytes +39‎ →‎Custom profile location

2 August 2007

• curprev 22:0922:09, 2 August 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 9,460 bytes 0‎ →‎Deleting a profile: All warnings bolded. People have erased their hard drives over this
• curprev 22:0822:08, 2 August 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 9,460 bytes 0‎ →‎Selecting a Firefox or Thunderbird profile location
• curprev 22:0722:07, 2 August 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 9,460 bytes +6‎ →‎Firefox and Thunderbird users: Warnings bolded. This is critcal

10 June 2007

• curprev 00:1800:18, 10 June 2007‎ Madperson talk contribs‎ 9,454 bytes +34‎ →‎Creating a new profile

31 March 2007

• curprev 00:4700:47, 31 March 2007‎ Tanstaafl talk contribs‎ 9,420 bytes +150‎ added link to profile switch extension

17 March 2007

• curprev 18:2318:23, 17 March 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 9,270 bytes +172‎ →‎Windows: added reference to enable the Run box on Vista
• curprev 17:3817:38, 17 March 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 9,098 bytes +59‎ →‎Windows: Run box is not available in Windows Vista by default; the "Start Search" box can be used instead. See Talk:Profile_folder#For_Windows_users_-_Vista

7 January 2007

• curprev 16:4016:40, 7 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,039 bytes +48‎ →‎See also: added new article, Creating a new Firefox profile on Windows

4 January 2007

• curprev 22:1022:10, 4 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 8,991 bytes −97‎ →‎Accessing the Profile Manager: added "capitalized" -P, since some non-Windows users try and fail, using a small -p. Simplified caution
• curprev 20:1220:12, 4 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,088 bytes 0‎ →‎Creating a new profile: reworded
• curprev 18:1318:13, 4 January 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 9,088 bytes −127‎ Intro shorter, simpler, more info

3 January 2007

• curprev 18:5418:54, 3 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 9,215 bytes +14‎ Added a more complete description of the Profile Manager functions to the Intro; info on importing boookmarks moved to the "Creating a new profile" section that already included "migrating settings"

2 January 2007

• curprev 21:4521:45, 2 January 2007‎ Frank Lion talk contribs‎ 9,201 bytes +188‎ No edit summary
• curprev 18:4718:47, 2 January 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 9,013 bytes +56‎ Intro
• curprev 18:3118:31, 2 January 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 8,957 bytes −249‎ Intro: less is more
• curprev 17:5217:52, 2 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 9,206 bytes +45‎ Intro
• curprev 17:3117:31, 2 January 2007‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 9,161 bytes +140‎ Rewrote Intro and "Accessing the Profile Manager" section - see discussion
• curprev 15:0815:08, 2 January 2007‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 9,021 bytes +198‎ Rewrote intro

30 December 2006

• curprev 13:5613:56, 30 December 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 8,823 bytes +267‎ →‎Accessing the Profile Manager: added caution about using "-profile manager" in Fx1.5+ and Tbird 1.5+; added SeaMonkey example; corrected "Switch profile" instructions.

28 April 2006

• curprev 01:0101:01, 28 April 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 8,556 bytes +66‎ →‎Accessing the Profile Manager: see discussion

27 April 2006

• curprev 23:1923:19, 27 April 2006‎ Spage talk contribs‎ m 8,490 bytes −9‎ →‎Accessing the Profile Manager: shorten phrasing
• curprev 23:1123:11, 27 April 2006‎ Spage talk contribs‎ 8,499 bytes −153‎ →‎Accessing the Profile Manager: only mention the -P shortcut once

1 March 2006

• curprev 06:0906:09, 1 March 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 8,652 bytes +22‎ →‎Deleting a Firefox or Thunderbird profile: rewritten
• curprev 02:1902:19, 1 March 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 8,630 bytes −6‎ →‎Deleting a Firefox or Thunderbird profile: minor rewording.
• curprev 02:1302:13, 1 March 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 8,636 bytes −64‎ →‎Custom profile location: Removed "should be discouraged" comment (see discussion)
• curprev 01:5601:56, 1 March 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 8,700 bytes +164‎ moved the word "Warning" from headers to the front of the paragraph - see discussion.

28 February 2006

• curprev 21:1621:16, 28 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 8,536 bytes −94‎ →‎Custom profile location: minor rewording
• curprev 21:0021:00, 28 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 8,630 bytes −3‎ →‎WARNING: Selecting a Firefox or Thunderbird profile location
• curprev 20:5920:59, 28 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 8,633 bytes +523‎ Warnings for Fx and Tb moved out of "Accessing the Profile Manager" to separate heading. Added information to "Custom profile" instructions for Fx & Tb regarding new folder creation -see discussion
• curprev 19:3719:37, 28 February 2006‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ m 8,110 bytes −11‎ →‎Warning to Firefox and Thunderbird users
• curprev 18:3918:39, 28 February 2006‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 8,121 bytes −32‎ Another try on warnings; PM actually has a Create File button; see Discussion
• curprev 16:5616:56, 28 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 8,153 bytes +44‎ Warning moved to Intro.
• curprev 16:3716:37, 28 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 8,109 bytes +877‎ Deleting a Profile section added with warning.
• curprev 16:3316:33, 28 February 2006‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 7,232 bytes +258‎ Firefox/Thunderbird warning needs to be here. See Discussion
• curprev 15:5215:52, 28 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,974 bytes −114‎ Warning removed from top of article since it does not affect Mozilla Suite, only Firefox and Thunderbird. Description of profile contents added to intro
• curprev 15:0615:06, 28 February 2006‎ AnotherGuest. talk contribs‎ 7,088 bytes +252‎ Added warning about Profile Manager

13 February 2006

• curprev 00:5000:50, 13 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,836 bytes +98‎ →‎Linux

11 February 2006

• curprev 22:0322:03, 11 February 2006‎ Craigevil talk contribs‎ 6,738 bytes −5‎ →‎Linux
• curprev 22:0222:02, 11 February 2006‎ Craigevil talk contribs‎ 6,743 bytes +4‎ →‎Linux
• curprev 21:5921:59, 11 February 2006‎ Craigevil talk contribs‎ m 6,739 bytes +70‎ →‎Linux

2 February 2006

• curprev 18:3918:39, 2 February 2006‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ 6,669 bytes +138‎ Simplified Windows section by by mentioning PM shortcut removing excess examples; moved Category:Profiles link to the bottom.

4 December 2005

• curprev 18:1218:12, 4 December 2005‎ Alice Wyman talk contribs‎ m 6,531 bytes −8‎ →‎Windows
• curprev 00:3100:31, 4 December 2005‎ Peng talk contribs‎ m 6,539 bytes +5‎ →‎Linux: Adding "./", since "." isn't always in PATH.