Talk:Transferring data to a new profile

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This article had all the files for the 3 different apps jumbled together, so I sorted out the browswer and mail/newsgroup files and put them in separate sections. It might be better, though, to simply make 3 sections, one each for Firefox, Thunderbird, and the Suite. Would be better for end-users that way. --wintogreen 15:15, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

If you were going to split them up, I'd prefer just making separate articles.--Np 23:47, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Wouldn't it be better to put the note in the top section:
Note: Do not copy the whole profile directory. Some of the other files contain absolute path information (like for security certificates), and your profile might not work correctly with old entries from the original profile.--Dickvl 16:12, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Extensions

Should we add the Extensions folder to this migration list, with qualifications about no doing so if there were problems on the old profile? i.e. overwrite new profile Extensions folder with old one, delete Ext rdf, cache, ini (if it exists) and let them be rebuilt on restart. This would save people a lot of time.

Even on an old corrupt profile, I haven't yet seen the jars and xpis within the Extension folder itself be corrupted, but migration in this case would not be suggested anyway--Frank Lion 22:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't care either way but if you add the "Extensions" folder you'll have to point out that it's for Firefox 1.5+ or Thunderbird 1.5+ only Alice Wyman 02:14, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Sounds fine to me.--Np 02:18, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Fine, I'll run with that, just want to check out a couple of other details first.--Frank Lion 10:56, 28 December 2006 (UTC)