[General] Quick Firefox Tip

[Majed B.]

Thanks a bunch!

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Burhan Khalid <burhan at kuwaitnet.net> wrote:
> Salaam All:
>
>  Just wanted to share this quick tip. If you are migrating/upgrading and
> want to preserve your firefox bookmarks and passwords (but not the frivolous
> stuff, like the cache); then:
>
>  1. Find your firefox profile directory. On Linux it is generally
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles. If you have more than one profile, you can find
> out which is the default by looking at the profiles.ini file (which is in
> the same directory).
>
>  2. Copy the following files to your backup location:
>          places.*
>          prefs.js
>          search.sqlite (search history)
>          urlclassifier3.*
>          formhistory.sqlite
>          bookmarks.html
>          cert8.db
>          cert_override.db
>          cookies.sqlite
>          key3.db
>          signons3.txt
>
>  3. On your new installation, run firefox once, then close it.
>  4. Find your profile directory
>  5. Copy the above files (overwriting any already existing)
>
>  The 'quick' way is to just copy the profiles.ini file and the entire
> profile directory; but this might lead to unexpected results (as it did with
> me, mainly dealing with extensions). Of course, don't copy the Cache folder
> if you do this.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> --
> Burhan Khalid
>
>
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       Majed B.