- #WATERFOX PROFILE LOCATION HOW TO#
- #WATERFOX PROFILE LOCATION INSTALL#
- #WATERFOX PROFILE LOCATION PORTABLE#
- #WATERFOX PROFILE LOCATION WINDOWS#
I am not sure if, when you install it, you may select 'advanced' options and create a new profile otherwise, make a copy of your Firefox profile just in case. So that first time, when I went ahead anyways and installed G3 in spite the warning, I found none of my bookmarked sites anywhere there and right away uninstalled G3. What I do not what to happen is for CCleaner to wipe the entire "profile" folder and destroy WaterfoxPortable in the process but I do, obviously, want it to recognise the things like the cookies, session, cache, dowload history etc and secure delete them as it does for Firefox. By default, Waterfox uses the same profile as Firefox. In fact, when I first tried to installed G3, the first thing I got was a warning from Waterfox about this profile issue in a textbox popup.
The question is: do I set this " Custom Location 1=FIREFOX|C:\Portable Programs\WaterfoxPortable\Data\profile" as the CCleaner custom path or do I need to be more specific? If so what folders/files path or paths should I set? it contains all the equivalent C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox program folders/files.
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But in the Data folder there is a " profile" folder which appears to be the meat of the browser ie. Firefox stores your profile folder in this location on your computer, by default: C:Users#WATERFOX PROFILE LOCATION PORTABLE#
Looking in the actual WaterfoxPortable folder, which is currently located on a separate C:\drive folder: Portable Programs, there are no "Profiles" folders there either. Create a new, empty folder in the desired profile location with the name you wish to use for the new profile, for example, D:\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles ewprofile Copy the entire contents of the profile folder you are moving into the new profile folder you just created. It seems they're not being used, so what they're there for I have no idea. The trouble is that these folders do not contain any "Profiles" data, they remain empty even after a session using Waterfox when I've installed new Add-Ons, changed preferences, edit the about:config and it has picked up plenty of, mostly unwanted, cookies etc. However, confusingly it does still create the same Users/xxx/ AppData/Local and Roaming > Waterfox folder described in the guides here for adding a custom CCleaner path to the Waterfox "Profiles" data. I understand you have to add a custom path to the CCleaner.ini but, here's the problem: the portable version of Waterfox, unsurpisingly does not use the same locations as an installed one. The problem is that most of the information here and on other forums seems to relate to Waterfox being installed too rather than portable. Other than this I have to say great work, I love the concept of WF now that FF/Mozilla is getting a bit shady with it's partnerships and calling home and what not.Recently I downloaded the portable version of Waterfox, a Firefox based browser for those who don't know, and am trying to get CCleaner to do the same good job with it which it does cleaning unwanted stuff from my installed Firefox browser. Install WF to copy the content of the FF profile folder to a new folder called WF Change the location where your profile is stored.
#WATERFOX PROFILE LOCATION HOW TO#
This is great and smooth, to not have to install everything in WF again but what if I uninstall FF? will that lead to my WF being unusuable? wich leads me to my next question: can WF be installed without FF or does it need the original to run? and if so, where would the profile folder be installed and what would it be called?Īlso a suggestion to the dev/devs: maybe make it so that when you install WF you get 3 options if you already have FF installed like this: This article describes how to move a profile for your Mozilla application, if you want to do the following. Close Firefox (if open), press, type firefox.exe -P and press enter. Note: Another way to start the Profile Manager is from the Search box in the Windows Start menu. I have FF installed and then installed WF, and now I see that WF share the FF profile folder. The Firefox Profile Manager (Choose User Profile) window should open. Here’s how it looks like: cd waterfox-classic. Once there, you can simply run it with a single command. If that doesn’t work, you can utilize the terminal and navigate to the extracted Waterfox folder. You can simply double-click on it to run start up the browser. Hi! I have the same problem but on windows, what can be done? a few questions for the devs or anyone else with good understanding of Waterfox: Next, head on to the extracted folder and look for the Waterfox file.
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