Consider to start with a brand new profile, maybe with a webpage on how to export and import favorites.
Wim Op vr 22 nov. 2019 12:52 schreef Dimas Streich (Informàtica Trueta) < [email protected]>: > To make it a little more complicated I need to have an extension that open > some URLs in Internet Explorer. With 52 ESR we have IEView, a XUL > extension. Mozilla published a "Legacy browser support" extension that can > do the same, but it only seems compatible with Firefox 68 ESR. If I need to > update first to 60 ESR how can I do it? > > The only thing I can think of is: > 1a. Uninstall Firefox 52 ESR > 1b. Install Firefox 60 ESR > 1c. Install "IE View WE" extension (buggy) > .... wait users to use 60 for a bookmarks/history migration .... > 2a. Uninstall "IE View WE" extension > 2b. Uninstall Firefox 60 ESR > 2c. Install Firefox 68 ESR > > *NIGHTMARE!* > > El 22/11/2019 a les 0:02, Paul Kosinski via Enterprise ha escrit: > > Version 68 really should be able to read old database files from before > version 60. Obviously the conversion is possible, since the two step > upgrade works (I presume). > > Otherwise, I can easily see some users trying to go from (e.g.) 52 to > 68, losing years of bookmarks and then saying: "Firefox is junk, I'm > switching to Chrome". > > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:33:52 -0800 > Mike Kaply <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yeah, definitely need to go to 60 before 68 or you will lose > history/bookmarks (changes to the database). > > And if you uninstall 32/reinstall 64, the directory name will be an > issue unless you use Program Files (x86) for both. > > I did add a GPO for LegacyProfiles for Windows only. Other platforms, > you need to set the environment variable > > Mike > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 8:55 AM Kris Lou via Enterprise > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Also, the change to x64 will likely run afoul of "one profiles per > installation," where by installing to a different location > (%programfiles% vs %programfiles(x86)%) will cause Firefox to > create a NEW user profile, per user. Setting the environmental > variable "MOZ_LEGACY_PROFILES" (to 1, or anything) will avoid this, > but I don't recall if it made it to GPO. > > Kris [email protected] > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 5:50 AM James M. Pulver <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I will say, I had major profile issues going on (one) PC from > ESR52 to 68. You need to have v60 migrate the user profiles before > going to 68 or will need to delete all the user profiles before > going to 68. > > -- > James Pulver > CLASSE Computer Group > Cornell University > > On 11/20/19 7:22 AM, Dimas Streich (Informàtica Trueta) wrote: > > Hi, > > Actually we've Firefox 52 ESR installed on over a 1500 PCs and I > want > > to > > update to 68 ESR. > > When distributing Firefox with SCCM, is it more secure to update > previous version by installing the new version over it, or is it > better to previously uninstall the old version? I've read people > doing one or other thing, but is there an official > recommendation? > > Plus that, I'd like to update the x32 versions to x64 where is > > possible. > > In this case, is it always better to uninstall the x32 version? > > Thx > -- > > *Dimas Streich i Colomeda > * Unitat de Tecnologies de la Informació i Comunicació > Hospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta > Institut Català de la Salut Girona > Departament de Salut | Generalitat de Catalunya > Av.França s/n | 17007 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > > | > > http://www.hospitaltrueta.cat<http://www.facebook.com/icscat> > <http://www.facebook.com/icscat> <http://twitter.com/htrueta> > <http://twitter.com/htrueta><http://projectecims.wordpress.com> > <http://projectecims.wordpress.com><http://www.youtube.com/icscat> > <http://www.youtube.com/icscat> <http://slideshare.net/icscat> > <http://slideshare.net/icscat> > > Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a la persona destinatària > i pot contenir informació privilegiada o confidencial. 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