How to transfer the current Firefox user profile storage locations, but will not lose information

Personal profile folder (profile) kept in any place Operating system folder Windows 9x/Me C: \ WINDOWS \ Application Data \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles \ xxxxxxxx.default \ Windows 2000/XP/2003 C: \ Documents and Settings \ [User Name] \ Application Data \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles \ xxxxxxxx.default \ Windows Vista C: \ Users \ [user name] \ AppData \ Roaming \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles \ xxxxxxxx.default \ Linux ~ / .mozilla / firefox / xxxxxxxx.default / Mac OS X ~ / Library / Mozilla / Firefox / Profiles / xxxxxxxx.default / ~ / Library / Application Support / Mozilla / Firefox / Profiles / xxxxxxxx.default / Windows users, you can configure the following way into the folder, click on "start> running ...", enter% AppData% \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles and press Enter to. Linux users, to launch a virtual terminal, type cd ~ /. Mozilla / Firefox will be able to enter the configuration folder. Note: ① The [User Name] is a sign that the system enter the user name (the default is "Administrator", that is, "C: \ Documents and Settings \ Administrator \ Application Data \ Mozilla"), and Firefox is a profile Hidden attributes of a folder, if not see it, in "My Computer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> Show" in check "show all files and folders" one. ② xxxxxxxx is a random string of eight. ③ Linux system, in the end, the first person to switch to the main directory (in the terminal, to enter cd), then please use ls-a view. If it is in a graphical interface, the general manager in the documents related to options can be found above show hidden files. Such as: click the "Edit -> first item -> View -> show hide." Or in the Show (or other) menu to find the "Show hidden files" items. Firefox profile is stored in various settings where, in addition, visit the website at the cache storage, installation and the expansion of the theme is also one. If you want to return to the initial state of Firefox, simply delete the folder can be configured. Some documents: prefs.js: Firefox's settings bookmarks.html: Firefox bookmarks cookies.txt: Cookies hostperm.1: Cookies permit / ban list downloads.rdf: history download formhistory.dat: form input history mimeTypes.rdf: file type treatment settings extensions.rdf: installation of the expansion of information search.rdf: search field history key3.db: password files, must be kept together and signons.txt signons.txt: password files, must be kept together and key3.db Some folder: bookmarkbackups: Automatic backup bookmark folder, whenever changes bookmarks, you can find inside the original bookmarks, backup files with the backup of the date, to resume when you rename the file to put configuration files bookmark.html , To replace the existing bookmark.html. (Firefox 1.5 or later have this folder) searchplugins: storage of search engines and the icon of the folder. (Firefox 1.5 or later have this folder) Cache: Firefox's cache folder, Firefox browser's cache of Web pages of personal documents is the default configuration folder \ cache \ directory extensions: theme and expansion of the storage folder. After the installation of Extensions (expansion) on the configuration folder on the extensions subdirectory. Delete this subdirectory extensions can be installed extensions to delete all. If the global installation, the theme in firefox \ extensins of a folder, and if the local installation, the theme in the profile \ extensons under a folder win under the system, Firefox theme stored in a similar Below this folder: local: C: \ Documents and Settings \ UserName \ Application ata \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles \ dbuoun8g.default \ extensions \ (00D4154F-96D3-41ff-8E8E-113596D8670B) \ global: D: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox \ extensions \ (972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd) \ about: - and click on "Help → About" to see the same page about: blank - a blank page about: buildconfig - show version configuration details about: credits - all contributors to the Mozilla project about: cache - shows that cache file about: config - Firefox configuration options to amend the graphical interface about: license - showed that Mozilla and Netscape public license (only in the procedure based on the Gecko 1.8 see) about: mozilla - the famous "Mozilla book" about: plugins - lists all the installed plug-in information Firefox launched in the path add parameters "- p" (without the quotes) or "- profilemanager" (without the quotes) to. Such as: firefox-p, firefox-profilemanager Windows systems, but also from the start menu, select "Start -> run", enter firefox-p If not, please enter the full path to Firefox, and then add parameters "- p" (without the quotes), such as: "C: \ Program Files \ MozillaFirefox \ MozillaFirefox.exe"-p Open configuration file management, you can add, delete, rename the original configuration files. Also be sure to pay attention to '- p' before spaces. The C: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox \ Firefox.exe the document refers to the specific path, according to their own circumstances adjustment. Linux system, open the terminal, the switch to the Firefox directory, then run . / firefox-p or. / firefox-profilemanager Your Firefox, and create a profile. Such as: cd / usr / lib / firefox . / firefox-profilemanager Note: ① open the profile manager, must shut down all the Firefox process. WINDOWS in the Task Manager in the Show and the closure of Firefox; Linux is used under ps and kill order Show and the closure of Firefox. ② Firefox to create a new profile should build a new folder, a few friends might be plans for the use of an existing folder on your desktop, for example, is strongly recommended that you not to do so. This is due to Firefox in its configuration files to delete, delete the folder of all documents, if the configuration folder on your desktop, then delete the configuration file, you will find that apart from my computer, My Documents, Recycle Bin, the other thing nobody has. So be sure to take care not to omit the "New Folder" this step. Create multiple profiles, do not want to start when the launch configuration file management, simply in Canada "- p" at the back into a configuration folder name on the line. For example, to create a number of configuration files after the initial launch the default configuration files, using the parameters: - p "default" It should be noted that in - p after, "default" before a space, and increase parameters to be different from the case. As for the rest of the profile of the name, is the profile manager to see the name. For example, in a profile manager for the Default User name in the configuration file, then directly launch its parameters are: - p "Default User" To change the Firefox shortcut to open the configuration file, just the shortcuts in Firefox by clicking on the "right-→ attributes," will - p "profilename" column can be added to the target. Finally, note that, add the profile of the configuration file management on the display of the name, not necessarily a disk in the actual configuration file name (unless the same name). Firefox complete backup of all of the settings approach » ① backup (copy) Firefox profile (profile). ② backup (copy) the installation directory under the plugins (This directory includes a number of online players and plug-in installed) ③ backup (copy) the installation directory under the searchplugins (in this directory, including search engine settings) After the heavy equipment in the system, more than three backup folder to go back cover, so that all the configuration settings, favorites, and to expand before all the same. MozBackup recommend the use of backup software. Note: the installation of a new version of the Firefox browser, it is best is completely uninstall Firefox (retaining only a bookmark) and then re-set.