Sometimes when you have problems with Firefox and can't figure out what's wrong, it's easier to create a new profile and transfer any data you want to save, rather than keep trying to fix your existing profile.
It's recommended that you only copy data that would be a lot of work to recreate (such as bookmarks, passwords, and cookies) to the new profile, and that you re-install any extensions and themes rather than trying to migrate them. Its frequently quicker to re-install or re-configure something than to spend time debugging what you did wrong.firefox.exe -P per accedere al Profile Manager.
Add-ons
- extensions.ini
- extensions.cache
- extensions.rdf
Delete the extensions.ini, extensions.cache and extensions.rdf files in the directory. They will be regenerated when you start Firefox. This avoids potential problems due to old paths. A few extensions store data in additional files in the profile, usually at the top of the directory. You'll need to move them separately.
Bookmarks and browsing history
- bookmarks.html
- history.dat
- places.sqlite (dalla release 3.0 in poi) li sostituisce entrambi.
- cookies.txt (Cookies can be used to keep you logged into web sites you logged into before)
- hostperm.1 (Cookie exceptions)
- mimeTypes.rdf (What action to perform when downloading certain types of files: save or open with a specified application)
- formhistory.dat (Autocomplete entries for web forms and the search bar)
- hostperm.1 (cookie, image, and extension install permissions)
- user.js (an optional file)
- prefs.js
You may need to manually edit the paths in prefs.js to reflect the new profile location. If the new profile doesn't have the same extensions, you may have some unused preferences set by those extensions, but that usually doesn't harm anything.Saved passwords
Profox configuration files.
- key3.db (Key database for passwords)
- signons2.txt (Saved passwords)
- cert8.db (Security certificates used by SSL etc.)
- searchplugins folder
- webappsstore.sqlite
Only copy this if you deliberately keep and use many saved sessions.User styles
- chrome/userChrome.css
- chrome/userContent.css
- chrome/userChrome.js
These optional files change the way Firefox and web pages look.
Riassumendo:
- file bookmarks.html
- file cert8.db
- file cookies.txt
- file formhistory.dat
- file history.dat
- file hostperm.1
- file key3.db
- file mimeTypes.rdf
- file places.sqlite (da release 3.0)
- file prefs.js
- file signons2.txt
- file user.js
- file chrome/userChrome.css
- file chrome/userContent.css
- file chrome/userChrome.js
- folder searchplugins
