With all the regressions going on the nightlies right now, I thought 
this would be a good thread to start.

What files are best to backup when backing up one's user profile, so 
they can easily be copied over to a newly created profile?

My ideas:
- bookmarks.html (duh)
- user.js (if you have it)
- userChrome.css and userContent.css (if you have them)
- prefs.js (caveat: not all of it. one of those prefs may be causing a 
crash. I'd go through and get things that would be a headache to 
restore, such as mail/news server settings. This stuff *really* needs to 
be separated)
- Mail, ImapMail, and News directories (if you want them--I do)

What I am sort of lost on is how to backup stored passwords. The file 
that stores the password is usually some XXX.s, where XXX is some 
number. It's dictated by 'signon.SignonFileName' in prefs.js. I guess 
you would just copy the contents of the file over. Personal comment, why 
is the format of XXX.s period and line delimited? You would think it 
would be in RDF or something.

What are everyone else's comments and suggestions?


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