Timur Tabi wrote (quoting me):
Yeah, it won't work to copy the entire profile, but many files can be
copied over succesfully, including cert*.db, key3.db, (not secmod.db),
and the *.s and *.w files.
I created a new profile, but it only has a *.s file. My old profile
on the old machine has a *.w and a *.s file. Not only that, but the
*.s and *.w files have different file names, so I can't just copy the
*.w file to the new machine, since I don't know what to call it. Should I just ignore it? What is the *.w file anyway?
As I understand it, *.s is save passwords from the password manager, *.w is saved information that you've filled into forms, saved by the form manager. The name of the *.s and *.w files changes from profile to profile. If I recall correctly, in each profile, the *.s file has the same name as the *.w file (apart from the .s and .w, obviously).
Given that your new profile has already created a *.s file, you could do this: copy the cert*.db, key3.db to the new profile. copy the *.s and *.w files to the new profile, and rename them to have the same name as the existing *.s file in the new profile. e.g. if the files were 123456.s and 123456.s in the old profile, and the new profile contains 987654.s, then copy 123456.s to 987654.s in the new profile, and copy 123456.w to 987654.w in the new profile.
The .s and .w files go with the cert and key DB files. It doesn't work to copy the .s and .w files without also copying the cert and key DB files.
I believe that if you copy those files (cert*.db, key3.db, *.s and *.w) from the old profile to the new one, you will have preserved all the following: - your personal certs and private keys - the certificates of your email correspondents - your saved passwords for web sites - your saved web site form information.
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