Firefox and (roaming) profile management...

[Marco Gaiarin]

I'm using in windows roaming profiles, and i fight everytime a bit with
mozilla app (FF and TB) that tend to put in 'roaming' (permamnent profile)
things that seems better suited for temporary/cache/local profile.

Example:

1) Crash Reports

2) storage


In 'storage' i see some folders: default, permanent, temporary,
to-be-deleted.

By trial and error i've found that i can safely delete 'default' storage
without too much trouble from users (so, seems to me cached data).
I've some users that have a very big 'default' folder.

There's some way to 'move' this folders in some otehr place? There's some
documentation on folder meaning?

There's some effort on mozilla side to 'sanitize' profile folder structure
precisely dividing cache data from permanent data? EG, some bugs i can
subscribe on?


Thanks.

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[Osdoba, Sascha]

Hi Marco,

we had the same problems with Firefox but there is no solution from Mozilla. Even Microsoft itself is handling it stupid these days (see Microsoft Teams).

We implemented a Powershell log off script from here (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395705) via GPO to get around with it.

But we included only these lines:

$profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\crashes" -ErrorAction Ignore)
$profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\datareporting" -ErrorAction Ignore)
$profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\gmp*" -ErrorAction Ignore)
$profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\minidumps" -ErrorAction Ignore)
$profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\sessionstore-backups" -ErrorAction Ignore)
$profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\shader-cache" -ErrorAction Ignore)
$profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\storage" -ErrorAction Ignore)

and it helped a lot.


Sascha



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[Marco Gaiarin]

Mandi! Osdoba, Sascha
In chel di` si favelave...

> We implemented a Powershell log off script from here (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395705) via GPO to get around with it.

Cool! I'm using now links (junction) to move folders from %AppData% to
%LocalAppData%, but this approach it's a but clumsky, and need junction be
enabled for users...


Many thanks!


Indeed, this seems a major trouble for mozilla app... i've subscribed to the
bug, i hope in some feedback from mozilla...

[Marco Gaiarin]

Mandi! Osdoba, Sascha
In chel di` si favelave...

> We implemented a Powershell log off script from here (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395705) via GPO to get around with it.

I'm a bit puzzled by powershell; this:

$profilePaths = @($profilePaths) -inotmatch "^AppData\\.*\\Profiles\\.*$"

work as expected, eg match path in registry entry and remove form the
array (to prevent dupes); but these:

$profilePaths = @($profilePaths) -inotmatch "^AppData\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\.*$"
$profilePaths = @($profilePaths) -inotmatch "^AppData\\Thunderbird\\Profiles\\.*$"

NOT.


Also:
$profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Thunderbird\Profiles\*\ImapMail" -ErrorAction Ignore)

match 'ImapMail' folders in profiles, while:

$profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Thunderbird\Profiles\Crash Reports*" -ErrorAction Ignore)

does NOT match 'Crash Reports' folder.


Mah...

[Marco Gaiarin]

> I'm a bit puzzled by powershell; this:

No. I'm stupid. ;-)

> $profilePaths = @($profilePaths) -inotmatch "^AppData\\.*\\Profiles\\.*$"
> work as expected, eg match path in registry entry and remove form the
> array (to prevent dupes); but these:
> $profilePaths = @($profilePaths) -inotmatch "^AppData\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\.*$"
> $profilePaths = @($profilePaths) -inotmatch "^AppData\\Thunderbird\\Profiles\\.*$"

Because it is 'AppData\\Roaming\\' ...

> Also:
> $profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Thunderbird\Profiles\*\ImapMail" -ErrorAction Ignore)
> match 'ImapMail' folders in profiles, while:
> $profiles += @(Get-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\Thunderbird\Profiles\Crash Reports*" -ErrorAction Ignore)
> does NOT match 'Crash Reports' folder.

Because it is NOT 'Thunderbird\Profiles\Crash Reports' but 'Thunderbird\Crash Reports'
.


Sorry.