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Transfer Multi-Account Containers

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Hi guys. Let's say you are moving to a new workstation. How do you transfer Multi-Account Containers between computers? Does it transfer with your Firefox Account Sync? Will it transfer all of the accounts or just your primary account?

Hi guys. Let's say you are moving to a new workstation. How do you transfer Multi-Account Containers between computers? Does it transfer with your Firefox Account Sync? Will it transfer all of the accounts or just your primary account?

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Hi mwsasser

I believe it should just work through normal Firefox sync if you have "Add-ons" and "Logins" sync checked in:

about:preferences#sync

Cheers!

...Roland

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I called for more help for you.


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Hi mwsasser

I believe it should just work through normal Firefox sync if you have "Add-ons" and "Logins" sync checked in:

about:preferences#sync

Cheers!

...Roland

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what i did is all of my container is save on pc1 i copy the folder for mozilla firefox installation folder

and second is i copied the %appdata% for mozilla firefox which is mozilla folder

i always bring my thumb drive with me

just transfer your mozilla %appdata% to another workstation > if there is already a mozilla folder in appdata just rename it and use your appdata

and open firefox.exe in thumbdrive :)

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http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition

A fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive. A specialized launcher will allow most favorite extensions to work as you switch computers.

Firefox Portable is a 3rd-party build. Support is available here: http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You can use sync to share data between these profiles.

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Unfortunately, Firefox Sync does not seem to do this automatically. However I do have a solution. The data you are looking to move is located in %AppData&/Profiles/*YourProfile*/browser-extension-data/@testpilot-containers/storage.js

So, on my macOS computer, that folder is /Users/jrkagan/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/%MyProfile%/browser-extension-data/@testpilot-containers/storage.js

You can copy that folder and move it between computers and it will copy your multi-account container information between those computers. Just make sure the Firefox app is not running when you make the change. So, quit Firefox completely, insert/overwrite the file, then start Firefox again. Bam -- your multi-account containers are now manually synchronized between computers!