Look for IT over here » profilemanager http://lookforitoverhere.com IT related tutorials,tips, and generally my life on the net. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:49:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Move firefox user profile to new computer http://lookforitoverhere.com/182/move-firefox-user-profile-to-new-computer/ http://lookforitoverhere.com/182/move-firefox-user-profile-to-new-computer/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:31:11 +0000 indi http://lookforitoverhere.com/?p=182 I had some issues with my work laptop the other day and all my settings for my applications had been lost. Damn I thought, I’ve lost all my bookmarks and firefox settings. However I had backed up my profile a few days before but wasn’t sure how to move it to my new computer seamlessly.

After a bit of googling and trial & error, I found the following way to work the best:

1. Exit Firefox
2. Start -> Run -> type ‘%APPDATA%’
3. Select Mozilla -> Firefox -> Profiles
4. Copy profile folder (XXXXXXX.default) and paste it to desired location (eg. C:\Firefox\Profiles)
5. Start -> Run -> type ‘firefox.exe -ProfileManager’
6. Click ‘Create Profile’
7. Click ‘Choose Folder’
8. Select the newly copied folder (eg. C:\Firefox\Profiles\XXXXXXX.default)
9. Now select the newly created profile and click ‘Start Firefox’ — check that all your cookies etc are there
10. Surf the net!

]]> http://lookforitoverhere.com/182/move-firefox-user-profile-to-new-computer/feed/ 0