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: I am strongly in favour of this idea. There is plenty to be said about each of the files in the Profile folder. --[[User:Mozcerize|Mozcerize]] 11:04, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
: I am strongly in favour of this idea. There is plenty to be said about each of the files in the Profile folder. --[[User:Mozcerize|Mozcerize]] 11:04, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
::Great idea. Another tidbit that would be useful is whether the file can moved directly from one profile to another (without having to worry about absolute paths, etc.). --[[User:Wintogreen|wintogreen]] 13:22, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
::Great idea. Another tidbit that would be useful is whether the file can moved directly from one profile to another (without having to worry about absolute paths, etc.). --[[User:Wintogreen|wintogreen]] 13:22, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
::: I agree, and I would suggest that the new category be a subcategory under Profiles and that it include both files and folders (Cache, bookmarkbackups, searchplugins, etc).    I was noticing myself that certain files such as localstore.rdf, mimetypes.rdf and downloads.rdf get corrupted and deleteing the  is often suggested as a fix. I've posted some links to forum topics for those three files on the [[Issues with Firefox]] page but a kb article link would be much better.  I would just suggest that any guidelines for a new "Profile Contents (Firefox)" subcategory (or whatever) be linked from a location where editors can find it as I mentioned on the [[Knowledge_Base_changes]] page regarding  the [[:Category_talk:Preferences]] guidelines. [[User:Alice Wyman|Alice Wyman]] 14:12, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

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The content of this article was migrated manually from Profile Folder. For previous article Talk and Talk History, see Talk:Profile Folder and [1], respectively. For previous article History, see [2]. --wintogreen 16:19, 26 December 2005 (UTC)


"Profile files" Category

What do you think of making a category that would contain an article for each file in the profile? We could describe what the file does, the consequences of deleting it, etc. Another thing we could do us have Category: Profile files (Firefox) and Category: Profile files (Thunderbird), etc. so each application's users can have a list that applies to them without seeing the cruft.--Np 18:25, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I am strongly in favour of this idea. There is plenty to be said about each of the files in the Profile folder. --Mozcerize 11:04, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Great idea. Another tidbit that would be useful is whether the file can moved directly from one profile to another (without having to worry about absolute paths, etc.). --wintogreen 13:22, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
I agree, and I would suggest that the new category be a subcategory under Profiles and that it include both files and folders (Cache, bookmarkbackups, searchplugins, etc). I was noticing myself that certain files such as localstore.rdf, mimetypes.rdf and downloads.rdf get corrupted and deleteing the is often suggested as a fix. I've posted some links to forum topics for those three files on the Issues with Firefox page but a kb article link would be much better. I would just suggest that any guidelines for a new "Profile Contents (Firefox)" subcategory (or whatever) be linked from a location where editors can find it as I mentioned on the Knowledge_Base_changes page regarding the Category_talk:Preferences guidelines. Alice Wyman 14:12, 30 January 2006 (UTC)