Where did you install Firefox from? Help Mozilla uncover 3rd party websites that offer problematic Firefox installation by taking part in our campaign. There will be swag, and you'll be featured in our blog if you manage to report at least 10 valid reports!

Avatar for Username

Претражи подршку

Избегните преваре подршке. Никада од вас нећемо тражити да зовете или шаљете поруке на број или да делите личне податке. Пријавите сумњиве радње преко „Пријавите злоупотребу” опције.

Learn More

Ова тема је архивирана. Питајте друго питање ако вам је потребна помоћ.

I have a duplicate Firefox profile folder in a different location

  • 3 одговорa
  • 5 има овај проблем
  • 2 прегледа
  • Последњи одговор послао TonyE

mark2
mark2
more options

Lately I've realized that I have a duplicate folder of both my Firefox 3.6.x profiles,there are two in C:\Documents and Settings\Local settings\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles and two identically named in :C:\Documents and Settings\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles ,but their content is different,the ones in the first location just have these files XUL.mfl,XPC.mfl,urlclassifier3.sqlite and OfflineCache,the ones in the second location appear to be complete profile folders - is all this normal?

Everything works as expected,I also have other versions of Firefox up and running (4RC and Minefield),the only glitch I've experienced is that I can't launch Firefox with the -P [ profile name] option,only -profile [profile path] will work.

Lately I've realized that I have a duplicate folder of both my Firefox 3.6.x profiles,there are two in '''C:\Documents and Settings\Local settings\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles''' and two identically named in :'''C:\Documents and Settings\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles''' ,but their content is different,the ones in the first location just have these files XUL.mfl,XPC.mfl,urlclassifier3.sqlite and OfflineCache,the ones in the second location appear to be complete profile folders - is all this normal? Everything works as expected,I also have other versions of Firefox up and running (4RC and Minefield),the only glitch I've experienced is that I can't launch Firefox with the '''-P [ profile name]''' option,only '''-profile [profile path]''' will work.

Измењено од стране mark2

Изабрано решење

That is normal, one is the profile folder, the other is where Firefox stores the cache (equivalent to temporary internet files)

C:\Documents and Settings\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles - This is the profile folder

C:\Documents and Settings\Local settings\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles - This is the cache

Прочитајте овај одговор са објашњењем 👍 0

Сви одговори (3)

TonyE
TonyE
  • Moderator
more options

Одабрано решење

That is normal, one is the profile folder, the other is where Firefox stores the cache (equivalent to temporary internet files)

C:\Documents and Settings\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles - This is the profile folder

C:\Documents and Settings\Local settings\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles - This is the cache

mark2
mark2 Власник питања
more options

Thank you,is Firefox 4 different in this regard,since I don't see any equivalent folders stored in the same "C:\Documents and Settings\Local settings\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" directory?

TonyE
TonyE
  • Moderator
more options

Firefox has used different locations for the profile folder and the cache since Firefox 1.5