How To Backup Firefox Settings
Ever felt the need to backup only your settings? Well, I sure did a few days ago. Due to a bad script running in one of the sites I had opened, my Firefox crashed! That was the first time Firefox actually crashed for me. I have explained before how to can backup your entire Firefox profile or how to do it regularly. But if you only want your settings to be backed up, then read on.
Here’s a small and a quick tip to backup your Firefox settings only.
Open: C:\Documents and Settings\<user account>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
There you will see a folder (or more, if you have more than one profile), and it will be named something like b47db.default. b47db is the code used before every profile name to prevent your Firefox from being hacked.
From the Profiles folder, copy the file prefs.js and paste it anywhere in your PC. That’s the file where all your Firefox settings are saved.
NOTE: This will backup only the settings. No passwords, bookmarks, cookies etc. will be included.
If you want to know about how to backup your entire Firefox, read:
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5 Comments
hassan
thats a very temting post there i had to se this a few weeks back but i had to install all the firefox again i wish u had made this post then any wayz CoNgRaTs. :wink:
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Apr 26th, 2008
Abhishek
Thanks a lot, this certainly helps. My firefox crashes often and its a pain having to keep changing the settings. Abhishek http://www.dibugs.com
Apr 26th, 2008
Nirmal
I guess the code word is not the same for all, its changes.
Apr 27th, 2008
Hassan Abbas
very informative. i will chk this
May 1st, 2008
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