You can read more about this here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/understanding-depth-profile-installation
But specifically at the end: " The downgrade blocking can be bypassed by setting the environment variable MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE or by passing the --allow-downgrade command line argument when running Firefox." Hopefully this should accomplish what you need. Alternatively if it is a problem with the new Firefox being installed in a different directory, you can use the MOZ_LEGACY_PROFILES environment variable or the LegacyProfiles policy - https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#legacyprofiles Mike On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 12:04 PM Periard, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > *Classification: UNCLASSIFIED* > > > > Hello, > > > > Here’s an interesting situation: We’ve recently created a USMT Windows > User Profile Backup and Restore package via SCCM and that works fine, > however there’s a catch 22 with firefox…. > > > > Usually I keep a baseline version of the package via the Software Center > and the users can update the browser via the ABOUT menu. > > However if a windows profile is restored to a new system (with AppData) > and then firefox is installed from the Software Center, of course it’s old > and it sees the newer profile as incompatible. > > so far the only solution I got is to go ahead and update the baseline > version of my Firefox package. > > So here’s my questions: > > 1. Is it possible somehow to load a new profile onto an old Firefox? > 2. Is it possible to force Firefox to look for updates as soon as someone > tries to open it? > 3. If 2. is possible, would it fetch the update before prompting the user > to create a new profile? > > Please advise, this seems to be a none-issue with Chrome post-user mig. > > Thanks > > Eric > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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