On Dec 20, 4:06 pm, "Andrei Korostelev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the following code, when called from Firefox extension, retrieves
> firefox profile directory location.
> nsresult rv = NS_InitXPCOM2(nsnull, nsnull, nsnull);
> if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return;
> nsCOMPtr<nsIProperties> fileLocator =
> do_GetService("@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1", &rv);
> if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return;
> if (fileLocator)
> {
> nsCOMPtr<nsILocalFile> dir;
> rv = fileLocator->Get("ProfD", NS_GET_IID(nsILocalFile),
> getter_AddRefs(dir));
> if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return; // here of course fails if called from
> non-extension
> if (dir)
> {
> nsEmbedCString path;
> dir->GetNativePath(path);
> aDir = path.get();
> }
>
> }However I am wondering how to get the same from a standalone
> application (not extenson).
>
> Why do I need it for? I am making an installer which would install my
> firefox extension from the command-line.
> OS: Windows XP. Firefox 2.0
Answering to myself ;)
Look into profiles.ini in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox.
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