Creating a new profile
Tarkus
think it's time to start fresh, and hopefully become a little more
efficient.
What's the best way (if any) to start a new profile without completely
losing everything and starting from scratch, but to get rid of all the
leftover junk from old extensions, etc.
I'm particularly concerned with losing all my Greasemonkey scripts. I
use Xmarks, so I'm not worried about bookmarks, and I use RoboForm, so
I'm not worried about passwords.
Greywolf
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows
cheers
wolf k.
(10 second search on google)
Tarkus
Thanks, I know I could have Googled it, but I thought some of the
regulars here might have some additional insight.
Jay Garcia
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The only "insight" is that creating a new profile will not migrate from
the old to the new, it is truly starting over from scratch. You'll have
to manually migrate from old to new, not an easy task seeing as how you
have a lot of customizations.
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Tarkus
Thanks, that's not necessarily what I wanted to hear, but it's what I
wanted to know. The one good thing is that I have a second laptop which
I can use for reference (and eventually copy my new profile to it).
Ron Hunter
Doing this (making a new profile) is much simpler for Firefox than for
Thunderbird.
You can move the old profile to a safe place, then start Firefox, and it
will create a new profile for you. Then you can move the data from the
old profile back into the new folder, but this MAY just copy your
problem. Best approach is to narrow down the problem to one of the
files, such as the 'places.sqlite', or the prefs.js, or whatever other
file, such as the extensions, might be likely to be causing the trouble.
The method I use is to make a backup of the old profile, then start
Firefox and make a screen print of the way I have the interface set up
as mine is highly customized.
Then I list the extensions, and themes, that I want to move to the new
profile. I create a new profile, either by using profile manager, or by
moving the old profile to another location, and letting FF make a new
one. Then I move over my 'places.sqlite', and the password file, as
appropriate for the version in use. Then I reload each extension in
turn, and then do the customization of the GUI to suit my needs.
The more you have customized, and 'extended' your program, the more
tedious this process will be, but it can often solve very strange problems.
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Tarkus <karn...@atlantabraves.net> wrote:
Greasemonkey scripts are stored in a subdirectory of your profile named
gm_scripts. Once you've got GM installed in the new profile, just
dragging the scripts from the old profile directory onto Fx should let
you install them.
For extensions and extension settings, you might find FEBE and OPIE
useful to port over only the extensions and settings you want.
<http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/febe/febe.html>
<http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/opie/opie.html>
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Tarkus
Thanks, that's great info! (And an example of why I didn't just Google
my question.)
Tarkus
Oh great, because Thunderbird may be next on my list. ;)
> You can move the old profile to a safe place, then start Firefox, and it
> will create a new profile for you. Then you can move the data from the
> old profile back into the new folder, but this MAY just copy your
> problem. Best approach is to narrow down the problem to one of the
> files, such as the 'places.sqlite', or the prefs.js, or whatever other
> file, such as the extensions, might be likely to be causing the trouble.
I'm not really troubleshooting any specific problems. I'm just using a
very old profile, and want a clean, fresh new one, while incurring as
little pain as possible.
> The method I use is to make a backup of the old profile, then start
> Firefox and make a screen print of the way I have the interface set up
> as mine is highly customized.
I have a second laptop with virtually the same profile (and will be
exactly the same when I undertake this process), so I'll just use that
as a reference. Much better than screenshots.
> The more you have customized, and 'extended' your program, the more
> tedious this process will be, but it can often solve very strange problems.
Thanks, I appreciate the advice.