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copying a Firefox profile from one Windows 7 machine (18.0.1) to another (18.0.2) fails to have any effect

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dpmfish
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I have a new computer. I installed 18.0.2 on it, started it to create the xxxxx.default folder in Profiles, exited out, then copied over all of the files in the default profile folder on my original machine. When I started Firefox again, absolutely nothing was different: no bookmarks, no history, nothing. I am posting this from the original computer.

I have a new computer. I installed 18.0.2 on it, started it to create the xxxxx.default folder in Profiles, exited out, then copied over all of the files in the default profile folder on my original machine. When I started Firefox again, absolutely nothing was different: no bookmarks, no history, nothing. I am posting this from the original computer.

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ideato
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Hello dpmfish, the steps you already done is correct. See if the next works : Transferring useful personal data to a new profile for Firefox 4 and above


thank you

dpmfish
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Nothing on that page helped.