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--- other:firefox [2019/04/15 23:35] – Update for WIn 10 jypeter
+++ other:firefox [2023/09/28 12:50] (current) – Added a link in case we get an incorrect (new) default profile jypeter
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 ====== Firefox (FF) notes ======
-<note tip>The Firefox configuration (settings, etc...) is stored by default in the user's Windows directory. It's a good idea to move it to another known place, in order to be able to back it up or move it to another computer!</note>
+<note tip>The Firefox configuration folder (settings, etc…) is stored by default somewhere in a hidden section of the user's Windows directory (C:\Users\<your_login>).
+It's a good idea to move this folder to another known place, in order to be able to back it up or move it to a new computer later! </note>
 <note warning>\\ If you are using Linux, go the the [[other:linux:tb_ff|Thunderbird and Firefox on Linux]] page</note>
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   * TB configuration directory:
-    * Windows XP: ''C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>\Application Data\Thunderbird''
+    * **Windows XP**: ''C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>\Application Data\Thunderbird''
-    * Windows 7: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird''
+    * **Windows 7** or **Windows 10**: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird''
-    * Windows 10: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird''
   * FF configuration directory:
-    * Windows XP: ''C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox''
+    * **Windows XP**: ''C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox''
-    * Windows 7: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox''
+    * **Windows 7** or **Windows 10**: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox''
-    * Windows 10: ''C:\Users\<your_login>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox''
+<note warning>**If you get a new FF profile** instead of the expected one when you restart FF, make sure you follow correctly the steps explaining how to use ''about:profiles'' to **change the default profile**, at the [[other:thunderbird#a_note_about_the_firefox_profile_on_the_thunderbird_page|bottom of the detailed TB page]]</note>
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