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What do you mean by "file"? There isn't a single file that contains all the addons, they are each installed using XPI files which are in the "extensions" folder in the profile directory.

On 4/5/2024 at 10:13 PM, LAwLz said:

I am getting pretty fucking sick and tired of the "watch something else" responses. It's such a cop out answer because you could say that about basically anything, and it doesn't address the actual complaints. People use it as some kind of card they pull when they can't actually respond to the criticism raised but they still feel like they need to defend some company/person. If you don't like this thread then stop reading it. See how stupid it is? It's basically like telling someone "shut the fuck up". It's not a clever responsive, it doesn't address anything said, and it is rude. 

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23 hours ago, RockSolid1106 said:

What do you mean by "file"? There isn't a single file that contains all the addons, they are each installed using XPI files which are in the "extensions" folder in the profile directory.

+ @OddOod

Thanks to you both. Found them in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

So, just to need to copy the contents of the extensions folder and paste it in the same location after installation? And suppose I have enabled few settings as per my usage in ff, is there a particular file in the profiles folder that I can copy paste after reinstallation so that all the settings are copied too?
Do you know where is the location for the same for edge and brave browser?

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If you just want to copy extension data, you could let Firefox sync itself by signing in, generally works fine.

20 minutes ago, pchelp said:

So, just to need to copy the contents of the extensions folder and paste it in the same location after installation?

You could give this a shot, but I don't think so, you'd need to go to about:addons, then the gear icon and select "Install addon from file. Then select the XPI file for the extension to install.

In the profile folder if you go to "storage" then "local", you should find some folders that start with "mz-extension+++". These contain the extension data, and you should be able to copy these folders over to the directory in your new installation to retain the settings.

I have an extension that I made, which uses the storage.sync API to store data, and this extension does not have its own folder. storage.sync is the way extensions store information in the cloud so there's no local data, which makes sense but I wonder what happens to users that haven't signed in to the browser. So if you are signed I suppose this shouldn't be an issue and you won't have to copy over any files for such extensions. Just keep that in mind in case you can't find the folders for some extensions.

Keep in mind I haven't tried this, I'm going off of what I know from coding an extension and some internet searches.

You can go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox if you want to check the UUID(the part right after "mz-extension+++" in the folder name).

 

37 minutes ago, pchelp said:

Do you know where is the location for the same for edge browser?

I don't have Edge installed unfortunately.

On 4/5/2024 at 10:13 PM, LAwLz said:

I am getting pretty fucking sick and tired of the "watch something else" responses. It's such a cop out answer because you could say that about basically anything, and it doesn't address the actual complaints. People use it as some kind of card they pull when they can't actually respond to the criticism raised but they still feel like they need to defend some company/person. If you don't like this thread then stop reading it. See how stupid it is? It's basically like telling someone "shut the fuck up". It's not a clever responsive, it doesn't address anything said, and it is rude. 

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Doesn't firefox allow you to login and set up a profile which syncs across devices? I wouldn't recommend just moving files around like that, installation can often be more than just the data in a folder

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12 minutes ago, RockSolid1106 said:

If you just want to copy extension data, you could let Firefox sync itself by signing in, generally works fine.

You could give this a shot, but I don't think so, you'd need to go to about:addons, then the gear icon and select "Install addon from file. Then select the XPI file for the extension to install.

In the profile folder if you go to "storage" then "local", you should find some folders that start with "mz-extension+++". These contain the extension data, and you should be able to copy these folders over to the directory in your new installation to retain the settings.

I have an extension that I made, which uses the storage.sync API to store data, and this extension does not have its own folder. storage.sync is the way extensions store information in the cloud so there's no local data, which makes sense but I wonder what happens to users that haven't signed in to the browser. So if you are signed I suppose this shouldn't be an issue and you won't have to copy over any files for such extensions. Just keep that in mind in case you can't find the folders for some extensions.

Keep in mind I haven't tried this, I'm going off of what I know from coding an extension and some internet searches.

You can go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox if you want to check the UUID(the part right after "mz-extension+++" in the folder name).

 

I don't have Edge installed unfortunately.

Thank you so much, I want to do it without syncing as the other pc will not have my login details.

Do you the profile directory location of brave? And which file/folder from the profile folder is for the settings of the browser? + @OddOod

And which extension/addon doesn't let one a website opened in one tab to snoop in on the website in the second tab? Those containers in ff are weird to use.

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This seems like a very weird situation. But if this is the route you want to go down, and you don't want to just clone the drive or do a full backup-restore, I'd recommend you just google this stuff. It will be scattered across Program Files, AppData, and various Registry keys. 

I would recommend instead of doing this, getting your account credentials in order and just do it the way they want you to do it. Alternatively you can find the install *source* for each extension and take screen shots of all your settings

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1 hour ago, pchelp said:

Thank you so much, I want to do it without syncing as the other pc will not have my login details.

If you're changing to another PC entirely, you could just copy the entire profile folder. There's a lot of tutorials out there, but basically just go to the profile folder, go one directory up, then copy the folder you were in, to the same location on the other PC. The problem with copying the files as I said earlier is that the files aren't consolidated in one folder, they are all over the place and I can't find any documentation on that.

 

1 hour ago, pchelp said:

Do you the profile directory location of brave? And which file/folder from the profile folder is for the settings of the browser?

https://community.brave.com/t/move-brave-profiles-to-a-new-computer/110393

It appears you can copy the profile folder to the new PC with Brave as well.

On 4/5/2024 at 10:13 PM, LAwLz said:

I am getting pretty fucking sick and tired of the "watch something else" responses. It's such a cop out answer because you could say that about basically anything, and it doesn't address the actual complaints. People use it as some kind of card they pull when they can't actually respond to the criticism raised but they still feel like they need to defend some company/person. If you don't like this thread then stop reading it. See how stupid it is? It's basically like telling someone "shut the fuck up". It's not a clever responsive, it doesn't address anything said, and it is rude. 

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