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How to Back-up FireFox Settings

Nirmal by Nirmal
June 5, 2008
in Firefox, Tutorial
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Firefox has a config file which can be accessed by typing about:Config in the url section. This file is similar to Windows registry file as it contains information on the running of Firefox.

Firefox

The config file contains lots of information which the users can change apart from the default value. But changing this value can also be dangerous in the sense that it can sometimes cause Firefox to stop working. So its better to take a backup of the settings file, so that in case you change any value and any error occurs, you can always restore Firefox back to normal state.

How to take the back-up: Taking a back up is simple process. Select Run in Windows and type “%appdata%\mozilla\firefox\profiles“. It shows a Windows folder which contains a folder which has a name like ati9z0wb.default (the name may not be same in all computers). Open the folder and then copy the file prefs.js to a safe location.

Firefox settings

Should you mess something up in about:config file, simply close Firefox and copy the backup of prefs.js back to its original location.

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Comments 14

  1. Venkat says:
    15 years ago

    Nice trick, easy way to backup firefox settings.Does it also backup the plugins??

    Reply
  2. nirmaltv says:
    15 years ago

    @Venkat,
    I think this wont backup plugins and themes, for that you need to back up your profile folder.

    Reply
  3. Keith Dsouza says:
    15 years ago

    Have you tried Firefox Environment and Backup Extension it goes much beyond using manual intervention.

    You can download the extension from here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109

    Reply
  4. Silki Garg says:
    15 years ago

    I also prefer to use the extension mentioned by Keith.

    Reply
  5. nirmaltv says:
    15 years ago

    @Keith,
    I have not used this extension as I dont want to increase the memory load on Firefox. But Will try it out.

    Reply
  6. Raj says:
    15 years ago

    Nice trick Nirmal. BTW am using the FF Extension for Backups

    Reply
  7. Keith Dsouza says:
    15 years ago

    Well it does not increase memory Nirmal this is a per use extension so you will only use memory when the extension is used.

    Reply
  8. nirmaltv says:
    15 years ago

    @Keith,
    Thanks for that info, based on your recommendation, I have installed it, just going through the settings. 🙂

    Reply
  9. Haris says:
    15 years ago

    Never knew about this prefs.js file. Thanks for sharing it buddy.
    BTW, I once did a small review on FEBE. You can find that on my blog 🙂

    Reply
  10. ram says:
    15 years ago

    never tried this before, i will that addon mentined by keith

    Reply
  11. nirmaltv says:
    15 years ago

    @Harris,
    This Pref.js is important file for FX.

    Reply
  12. TechPavan says:
    15 years ago

    Few times, comments help the most than article. I came here to read the article but got an easy solution in the comments section. Thanks Nirmal and Keith.

    Reply
  13. V says:
    15 years ago

    Can you recommend a tool to manage bookmarks.
    Something with a good interface, so I can edit group, rename etc…

    I have so very many bookmarks cluttered all over 🙂

    nice website btw… in our company we refer to your site often from the US!!

    Reply

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