I've tested both of these scenarios and they are working for me. For 1. Can you check the time/date stamp for the file parent.lock in the profile after migration?
For 2, policies are read at startup, so because this is a new profile, bookmarks bar and menubar should show. Mike On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 7:11 AM Thane K. Sherrington < [email protected]> wrote: > I've noticed two issues with the profile reset. > > 1)Often, when Firefox loads after I've done the: --reset-profile > --migration --- Firefox still gives the message "Looks like you've > reinstalled Firefox. Want us to clean it up for a fresh, like-new > experience?" But I just cleaned it up. > > 2)If I click Refresh Firefox from the above message, then it loses some of > the settings I created with policies.json and gets rid of the Menu bar and > Bookmarks toolbar. > > Any idea why these things are happening? > Thane K. Sherrington > > Computer Connection, Ltd. ...taking the mystery out of computers since > 1982. > Winner of the 2012 Ian Spencer - Excellence in Business Award > *Thanks for making us the Reader's Choice Best Computer Store in 2016, > 2017, and 2018!* > 95 College St., Antigonish, > NS B2G 1X6 > 902-863-3361 (phone) > 902-863-2580 (fax) > [email protected] > On 23/03/2019 9:21 p.m., Mike Kaply wrote: > > Try using > > --reset-profile --migration > > and you should get the correct behavior. > > Mike Kaply > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:42 PM Thane K. Sherrington < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> When I do an update for FF, I've been trying to do a profile reset just >> to freshen things up. I was doing it manually (going to about:support) >> and then clicking "Refresh Firefox" but that's a pain. I saw a post here >> recently that said I can use: >> -reset-profile to do this from the command line. >> >> Two things I've noticed: >> >> 1)If I run "%programfiles\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe" -reset-profile, I >> get the message that it can't find "reset-profile" But I switch the >> Firefox program folder, it works (well, sort of). >> >> 2)If I go to the Firefox program folder and run start /wait firefox.exe >> -reset-profile, it seems to do the reset, but it appears to be creating a >> fresh profile and I look history and bookmarks. >> >> Is this expected behaviour, or is there a bug, or am I doing something >> wrong? >> >> Running FF 66 (but I think it happened in 65 too). >> >> >> -- >> Thane K. Sherrington >> >> Computer Connection, Ltd. ...taking the mystery out of computers since >> 1982. >> Winner of the 2012 Ian Spencer - Excellence in Business Award >> *Thanks for making us the Reader's Choice Best Computer Store in 2016, >> 2017, and 2018!* >> 95 College St., Antigonish, >> NS B2G 1X6 >> 902-863-3361 (phone) >> 902-863-2580 (fax) >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Enterprise mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to >> [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" >> >
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