anything to save all important firefox settings/extensions/ bookmarks etc?

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Is there a single app that will all important firefox
settings/extensions/ bookmarks etc? to stop me screwing up the whole
lot like I just did!

Ta
Pete
 
Thanks SMDM,

wish i'd known about this earlier... if i had a dollar ...
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....it would be worth $.27.

Chak

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PerthMETRO.net was thinking very hard :
Is there a single app that will all important firefox
settings/extensions/ bookmarks etc? to stop me screwing up the whole
lot like I just did!

Ta
Pete
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Well, this isn't freeware but...

I "backup" my favorite Firefox configuration by copying the folder
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla
to a secure location. All of the profiles, settings, preferences,
bookmarks, and extensions for Firefox are located somewhere inside that
folder.

Admittedly, that isn't as sophisticated as a freeware backup program,
but it will afford you a quick and free method to "instantly recreate"
your preferred configuration in Firefox. If anything goes wrong with
your Firefox configuration, just overwrite your backup Mozilla folder
into Application Data and you're happy again. (I wrote a .bat file to
do this for me...)

But it's not a freeware app. I'll post the commands in the batch file
if you want. The batch file I wrote is free---so I guess this is
freeware!
 
Anonymous said:
PerthMETRO.net was thinking very hard :
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http://paehl.de/bakfirefox.zip


BackFirefox 0.4 size: 97.19 KB
Make a complete backup (settings) with the following browser:
Mozilla/Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox(Old and new) and Thunderbird. Make a
backup for all complete profiles as a zip file with the full path. Save
your complete settings: bookmark history cookies and more. Freeware.




Cheers!

Son Of Spy

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PerthMETRO.net said:
Is there a single app that will all important firefox
settings/extensions/ bookmarks etc? to stop me screwing up the whole
lot like I just did!

Ta
Pete
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http://www.emilsoft.net/products/firebackup.php
Emilsoft Products - FireBackup

<http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?s=220b42e178164115023c330d37ea9c21&showtopic=291258>
BackupFox - Neowin.net

And (not software)

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile
Firefox Help: How To Manage Profiles

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_Tips_:_Backup
Profile backup - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
 
Anonymous said:
PerthMETRO.net was thinking very hard :

Well, this isn't freeware but...

I "backup" my favorite Firefox configuration by copying the folder
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla
to a secure location. All of the profiles, settings, preferences,
bookmarks, and extensions for Firefox are located somewhere inside that
folder.

Admittedly, that isn't as sophisticated as a freeware backup program,
but it will afford you a quick and free method to "instantly recreate"
your preferred configuration in Firefox. If anything goes wrong with
your Firefox configuration, just overwrite your backup Mozilla folder
into Application Data and you're happy again. (I wrote a .bat file to
do this for me...)

But it's not a freeware app. I'll post the commands in the batch file
if you want. The batch file I wrote is free---so I guess this is
freeware!
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Being an old DOS guy, who already uses a batch to back up the history, I
would appreciate that batch. My batch uses a rolling set of backup files,
but just for history.

Lou
 
PerthMETRO.net said:
Is there a single app that will all important firefox
settings/extensions/ bookmarks etc? to stop me screwing up the whole
lot like I just did!
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Pete, you can simply create a batch file and back it your profile folder
up to a location of your choice. Here's the one I use:

xcopy /e /y "C:\Documents and Settings\Main user\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default"
"C:\Backup\Firefox\xxxxxxxx.default"

This is all one line. Also note that the "xxxxxxxx" varies from one user
profile to another.

The location "c:\backup\firefox etc.", can be to a CD, or a backup hard
drive or whatever you like. When you run the batch file, you'll be asked
if the original location is a file or a directory. Simply press "d" and
the backup will run.

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http://paehl.de/bakfirefox.zip


BackFirefox 0.4 size: 97.19 KB
Make a complete backup (settings) with the following browser:
Mozilla/Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox(Old and new) and Thunderbird. Make a
backup for all complete profiles as a zip file with the full path. Save
your complete settings: bookmark history cookies and more. Freeware.

Cheers!

Son Of Spy
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Hi SOS, long time no see!

And for Pete,

Here's the BU I use. I assume it's freeware. It makes a light
hit on the registry. Under 1 meg.

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com

BoB
 
Being an old DOS guy, who already uses a batch to back up the history, I
would appreciate that batch. My batch uses a rolling set of backup files,
but just for history.

Lou
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Hi Lou!

Here's that batch file you asked for. Please notice that even though
Firefox creates a randomly-named folder with each new installation,
this batch file will STILL work as it is and you'll still get your
entire configuration exactly as you back it up without having to rename
any files, folders or profiles.

All you need to do is rename the text "xxxxxxxx.default" below with the
profile name of your current Firefox profile folder.

And a quick head's up that I have Windows 2000 and a friend told me
that my batch file commands are sometimes different from other versions
of DOS and Windows.

If you know of a combination of batch commands that will do the same
job with less text, please let me know. I'm always interested in leaner
batch files!

Enjoy!

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rd "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla"
/s /q

mkdir "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla"

xcopy ".\Mozilla" "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla" /s /e

echo Y|copy "D:\Backups\Data\bookmarks.html" "C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default"
*****************Bottom of Page**************************
 
Anonymous said:
Hi Lou!

Here's that batch file you asked for. Please notice that even though
Firefox creates a randomly-named folder with each new installation,
this batch file will STILL work as it is and you'll still get your
entire configuration exactly as you back it up without having to rename
any files, folders or profiles.

All you need to do is rename the text "xxxxxxxx.default" below with the
profile name of your current Firefox profile folder.

And a quick head's up that I have Windows 2000 and a friend told me
that my batch file commands are sometimes different from other versions
of DOS and Windows.

If you know of a combination of batch commands that will do the same
job with less text, please let me know. I'm always interested in leaner
batch files!

Enjoy!

*****************Top of Page**************************
rd "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla"
/s /q

mkdir "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla"

xcopy ".\Mozilla" "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla" /s /e

echo Y|copy "D:\Backups\Data\bookmarks.html" "C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default"
*****************Bottom of Page**************************
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Thank You

Lou
 
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