On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM Robert Moskowitz via users <[email protected]> wrote: > [how to copy/move firefox from one computer to another] > on the old computer, find .mozilla/firefox/xxxxx.default-release/ and > copy the dir to USB
When I have needed to do this I copied the entire .mozilla tree to the new computer. > on new computer, start firefox then close it then look for folder > .mozilla/firefox as the new profile structure. > .mozilla does not have firefox subdir. > Why? What do I do? My guess is that if have installed firefox and the directory tree isn't there, it will be created the first time you start firefox. > Other recommendations? My method is to copy the entire .mozilla tree to the new computer *before* installing firefox, *then* install firefox. > I want my history, cookies, bookmarks, and whatever else to get the same > operation. My method preserves everything (including multiple firefox profiles) except the cache. I also use seamonkey and it also lives in the .mozilla tree and gets preserved. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
