Comments on: Quick Tip: Backup Firefox Preferences

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:57:00 +0000

No, it doesn’t. To back up bookmarks, I suggest you use something like Foxmarks.

By: MP

MP — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:14:35 +0000

Does this method backup bookmarks as well?

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By: mark

mark — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:46:14 +0000

I use this too. Never had a problem yet.

By: mymytri

mymytri — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:40:12 +0000

Good tip here.I use FEBE for fewdays and it works good till now.

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By: Fernando

Fernando — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:45:22 +0000

Go up a couple levels. You should see a folder called profiles and a few other folders. These contain (to my knowledge) all your firefox extensions, etc. I tested it and it works like a charm. (I got another Windows account’s firefox settings + extensions running.

By: A Non

A Non — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:27:38 +0000

Or you could use MozBackUp: http://www.mozbackup.org/

By: Ayush Saran

Ayush Saran — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:38:43 +0000

I wrote a blog post on Backing up Firefox

How-To: Backup your Firefox Profile

It covers

Mozilla KB: How To Manage Profiles

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile (Free)

http://www.rinjanisoft.com/ezfirefoxbackup.html $9.95

Firefox Environment Backup Extension [ FEBE ]

http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/febe/febe.html (Free)

MozBackup Utility (PC Only)

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/download.php (Free)

By: Chuck Baker

Chuck Baker — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:28:07 +0000

The prefs.js file DOES contain individual extension preferences (options). For instance, type “extensions.febe” into the filter box and you will see all FEBE preferences.

There is a new Firefox add-on that will import/export individual extension preferences. It is called Ordered Preference Import/Export (OPIE).

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הורדות לסלולרי — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:45:12 +0000

interesting, thank for the info

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» Trucchetto per salvare le preferenze di Firefox Geekissimo — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:00:57 +0000

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By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:12:16 +0000

I have tried using FEBE in the past and it failed miserably to restore any of my Firefox profile (I lost a LOT of Firefox tweaks that day and it took me a long time to get Firefox back to the way I had it before).

The problem with these Firefox backup programs is that you are totally dependent on these programs being continued and maintained by their developers. What if one day the FEBE developer suddenly decided not to continue supporting the program and shut the whole thing down? Your Firefox backups would be completely useless!

That is why I prefer to shun these backup programs and instead manually backup the profile myself onto a USB stick or re-writable CD disk. I don’t like to rely 100% on one program.

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:08:34 +0000

My understanding of the prefs.js file is that it only records your preferences that you set in the Tools>Options menus. It also records any tweaks you may have made to the way Firefox accesses the internet, displays URL’s, stores bookmarks and any other basic functions of the browser.

To the best of my knowledge, it does NOT keep a record of your plug-ins and extensions. Those are recorded in other areas of your Firefox profile which can also be saved separately.