Windows 10: Firefox Tip, transferring profiles from a old pc

If you are coming from a old pc and need to transfer your old profiles try this.

Go to your old pc

Press Windows + R to open the run command

type%appdata%

Go to the mozilla folder

Click Firefox

and Profiles

Copy the folder(s) if you have more than one folder

Make a folder on the desktop. Paste on Desktop in the folder for example using control v


To add those profiles to a new pc

Paste the profiles you copied from the old pc on a thumb drive/external hard drive

Once that is done

Install firefox as normal

To transfer the new profiles do these steps

There's many different methods but this easier

Press Windows + R to open the run command

Type firefox (or firefox.exe) -p

You see choose user profile

There is a default folder. Leave this be
Click create profile
Make a name if you want
Click choose folder
There should be the default folder only
Find the folder you created on the desktop
And paste it in that folder
Once complete, you see all data intact. You may have to key in the passwords again on newer firefox.

Hope this helps

If this is in the wrong section, feel free to move

:)

 

Firefox Tip, transferring profiles from a old pc

If you are coming from a old pc and need to transfer your old profiles try this.

Go to your old pc

Press Windows + R to open the run command

type%appdata%

Go to the mozilla folder

Click Firefox

and Profiles

Copy the folder(s) if you have more than one folder

Make a folder on the desktop. Paste on Desktop in the folder for example using control v


To add those profiles to a new pc

Paste the profiles you copied from the old pc on a thumb drive/external hard drive

Once that is done

Install firefox as normal

To transfer the new profiles do these steps

There's many different methods but this easier

Press Windows + R to open the run command

Type firefox (or firefox.exe) -p

You see choose user profile

There is a default folder. Leave this be
Click create profile
Make a name if you want
Click choose folder
There should be the default folder only
Find the folder you created on the desktop
And paste it in that folder
Once complete, you see all data intact. You may have to key in the passwords again on newer firefox.

Hope this helps

If this is in the wrong section, feel free to move

 

Firefox Tip, transferring profiles from a old pc

And that Firefox Help article was written for your case as much as for other cases.

Denis

 

Firefox Tip, transferring profiles from a old pc

Timmy,

Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles - Firefox Help

Denis