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How can I find the name of the profile a given instance of Firefox is using?

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Joe P
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I would prefer a method that programmatically extracts that info from somewhere. I rooted around about:config. It's not there. Is it in the registry maybe.

I would prefer a method that programmatically extracts that info from somewhere. I rooted around about:config. It's not there. Is it in the registry maybe.

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philipp
philipp
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hi jspetree, you could look in about:profiles i guess.