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about:config overwritten

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user164099
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I upgraded from FF 38 to 46 and found that the 38 about:config was over written and any changes that were made in 38 were lost; in particular I had set "browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML" and "browser.bookmarks.file". Is this a bug or intentional? In either case, if the files in the new are different and new rules have been added, then the files should be merged, not overwritten.

I upgraded from FF 38 to 46 and found that the 38 about:config was over written and any changes that were made in 38 were lost; in particular I had set "browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML" and "browser.bookmarks.file". Is this a bug or intentional? In either case, if the files in the new are different and new rules have been added, then the files should be merged, not overwritten.

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sixit
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They overwrite it every new update, I think. It particularly irks me that they keep enabling the spyware Hello.

user164099
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I just "Upgraded" from 46 to 44 and all the about:config settings remained as is and in the past I had never noticed the problem, it appears the issue is in 46 alone. There are other issues with 46 being compatible with some javascript commands also: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1120067