So it looks like we might have fixed the problem that keeps profiles from migrating from 52 to 68. There originally was a problem that we removed something from the db schema (something favicon related) that created the problem.
I'll do some more digging. Mike On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 8:15 AM Dimas Streich (Informàtica Trueta) < [email protected]> wrote: > I've tried updating a PC from 52ESR to 68ESR (without installing 60ESR in > between) and bookmarks and history were migrated ok. In which cases can > fail a migrated profile from 52 to 68? > > I set the environment variable MOZ_LEGACY_PROFILES to 1 and I executed > this script: > > TASKKILL /F /IM Firefox* /T > > IF EXIST "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox" ( > "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" -ms > "%WinDir%\System32\timeout.exe" /T 10 /NOBREAK > IF EXIST "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox" ( > RMDIR /S /Q "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox" > ) > DEL %Public%\Desktop\*Firefox*.lnk > RMDIR /S /Q "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start > Menu\Programs\Mozilla Firefox" > REG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla /F > REG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins /F > REG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\mozilla.org /F > ) > > IF EXIST "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox" ( > "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" -ms > "%WinDir%\System32\timeout.exe" /T 10 /NOBREAK > IF EXIST "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\%\Mozilla Firefox" ( > RMDIR /S /Q "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox" > ) > DEL %Public%\Desktop\*Firefox*.lnk > RMDIR /S /Q "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start > Menu\Programs\Mozilla Firefox" > REG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla /F > REG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\mozilla.org /F > REG DELETE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MozillaPlugins /F > ) > > IF EXIST "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Maintenance Service" ( > "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe" /S > "%WinDir%\System32\timeout.exe" /T 10 /NOBREAK > RMDIR /S /Q "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Maintenance Service" > ) > > "%WinDir%\System32\timeout.exe" /T 10 /NOBREAK > > C:\Users\User\Desktop\"Firefox Setup 68.2.0esr x64.exe" /S > > You think this is a bad idea? > > El 25/11/2019 a les 7:39, Timo Pietilä ha escrit: > > On 22.11.2019 17.51, Paul Kosinski via Enterprise wrote: > > This may be OK for an individual, but shouldn't Enterprise software > be centrally upgradable by the sysadmin for *all* the users at once? The > recent changes to Firefox seem to keep requiring lots of attention by > the *individual* users. (And the upgrade path doesn't seem to allow easy > transition from version N-2 to version N, unlike with most software.) > > > I agree that this trend of individuals over corporate is alarming and not > only about FF, it is seen in many other programs too. For Firefox I hope > this is one-time case, the actual engine change happened between 53 and 60 > breaking a lot of things and I hope backward compatibility is now > maintained from 60 onwards. You just need to figure out how to make this > odd situation feasible to your users. > > Frankly I think FF should be able to convert profiles from 52 to 68 and > next profile-breaking version, and next and so on (60 could do it, why not > 68), even if the direction is just one way. As you said it is only N-2 away > from current version. But what is done is done, too late to fix things now. > > Timo Pietilä > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > > -- > > > *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 Girona > [email protected] | http://www.hospitaltrueta.cat > <http://www.facebook.com/icscat> <http://twitter.com/htrueta> > <http://projectecims.wordpress.com> <http://www.youtube.com/icscat> > <http://slideshare.net/icscat> > > Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a la persona destinatària i pot > contenir informació privilegiada o confidencial. Si no sou el destinatari > indicat, us recordem que la utilització, divulgació i/o còpia sense > autorització està prohibida en virtut de la legislació vigent. Si heu rebut > aquest missatge per error, feu-nos-ho saber immediatament per aquesta via i > destruïu-lo. > Abans d'imprimir aquest correu, assegureu-vos que és realment necessari. > _______________________________________________ > 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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