Scared to make use of the ‘profiles’ feature in Mozilla Firefox?? Read ahead and drive your fear away!!!
The exact contents of the ‘Profiles folder’ of your Mozilla Firefox web browser will depend on your user preferences and your web browsing requirements. However, there are certain files and folders that are common for all the users of Mozilla Firefox. These files and folders are always present in each and every Mozilla Firefox ‘Profiles folder’.
The first folder that you will notice in the ‘Profiles folder’ of your Mozilla Firefox web browser is the cache folder. As the very term suggests, the cache folder of in your Mozilla Firefox profile folder will contain a copy of all the web pages and websites that you have visited using your Firefox browser. It is record of all the websites and web pages that you have visited. Unless you delete these files, these files remain on your computer until the memory limit is reached.
The purpose of this folder is to load the web site or the web page faster when you access it later. Theoretically speaking, each and every web site that you have previously visited will be loaded in very less time due to the fact that the copy of the file has been saved on the hard disk by your web browsing software application. In reality, this does not always work because the users often delete the cache. Once the cache is deleted, the record is lost and has to be rebuilt.
Two other folders that you will notice are the ‘extensions folder’ and ‘themes folder’. As the name of the folders suggest, these folders contain all the Mozilla Firefox extensions and Mozilla Firefox themes that you have installed in your web browser.
I do not think it is essential for you to be a rocket scientist to understand that copying the extensions and themes folder in your Mozilla Firefox ‘Profile folder’ and keeping it safe will enable you to restore your extensions and themes on to any other Mozilla Firefox web browser. All you have to do is to copy the contents of the backup folder to the extension and themes folder of the Mozilla Firefox web browser that you are currently using.
Apart from the folders, you will see many files in the ‘Profiles Folder’. Some files that you will see in the Firefox Profiles folder are:
The Bookmarks file of your profile. This is a record of the bookmarks that you have saved in your profile. Deleting this file means that you will lose all the bookmarks in an instant.
Client certificate database file The compatibility listing of your web browser with all other files. The list of components of your web browser profile. The various cookies stored in your Mozilla Firefox profile. The Download Manager data of your profile. This will contain a list of the files that you have downloaded using your profile A file that contains a list of default locations for the extensions installed on your profile. An encrypted containing all the data that you have filled in online forms, which has been stored by your Firefox browser. An encrypted containing the website history of your profile. Various Cookie and Image permissions of your profile User-defined window positions of your Firefox profile.
Once you have this preliminary information in your hand, I am sure you will feel more confident to explore the ‘Profiles’ feature in Mozilla Firefox.
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