Re: [gentoo-user] Transferring a theme/addon from one profile to another without downloading

Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:

> Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have one profile with addons and themes, which are no longer
> > available. They still run fine with my current firefox.
> >
> > Now I need to setup a new profile (video/audio problems - see previous
> > thread) and want to transfer these no longer available addons/themes
> > from the old to the new profile.
> >
> > Is there any way to do this without downloading them from
> > addons.mozilla.org again?
> >
> >
> > Thank you very much for any help in advance!
> > Best regards,
> > Meino
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> This may help but may not.
>
> I know recently when I had problems with Lastpass causing Firefox to
> crash, I only had to delete the directory it has in the extensions
> directory.  Once that was done, Firefox worked but without that
> plugin/extension.  So, I know removing it will make it go away but I'm
> not sure if the reverse can be said without testing.  Basically, copying
> the directory/file over from another profile may or may not make it work.
>
> I just did a word search for "lastpass" in a profile and the search
> found it mentioned in several other files.  Here is a partial list:
>
> pref.js
> addons.json
> extensions.json
> extension.ini
>
> There are a few others but you get the idea.  I'm not sure if Firefox
> would pick up and add what is needed to those files when you start it
> and it sees the new plugins/extension files are there.  It may but it
> also may have to be done during the install of the plugin/extension.
>
> Also, when I have recovered from a backup copy or copied from a old
> system to a new system, file permissions is something that must match
> up.  Firefox, at least in my past experience, has shown itself to be
> picky on that.  Sometimes, it doesn't even give a error, it just works
> oddly.  So, double check those permissions.
>
> Good question.  Looking forward to seeing if anyone else has done this
> and how it worked, or didn't work.

I had the problem of html5 notplaying audio, I created a new profile,
andit madeit work and I just re-installed the add-ins I wanted.  I then
copied the entire profile  directory  so that in case this happened
again, I could always revert to my backup copy.

I did actually have to do this once.

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