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January 11, 2009 - 12:25pm

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Loui5

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Transfer portable settings to the non portable version?

I'm using the portable version of Firefox. If I were to install the non portable version on my desktop what would I have to do to transfer my portable version settings to the desktop installation?

January 11, 2009 - 1:06pm

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Here's one answer

Here's one answer, found with a search:

https://portableapps.com/node/14277#comment-88416

In general, the settings for regular Firefox are stored in

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{randomcode}.default

(or something similar)

and those for the portable version are in

x:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\profile

For the most part, just copy the files. Make backups first, in case "just copy" breaks something. WinMergePortable might help.

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January 11, 2009 - 5:23pm

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You can also set this as a

You can also set this as a sync job in Toucan to make it quicker and easier for ongoing use.

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January 12, 2009 - 2:59pm

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Thank you for the advice.

Thank you for the advice.

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