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ajayluks · Post by **ajayluks** » August 24th, 2005, 11:30 am

kenace0 wrote:ff makes bakup of the profile and puts theme in the same place if u did not delete the backup it is still there

Oh dear. You still don't get it - the entire directory where the user placed the profile data and its back up was wiped clean.

kenace0 · Post by **kenace0** » August 24th, 2005, 11:42 am

ff makes backups and they are not stored in MY DOC'S!!!!!!
c:\window\application data\mozilla\profiles\defalt\???????????

ajayluks · Post by **ajayluks** » August 24th, 2005, 11:44 am

You still don't get it. That is the DEFAULT location when installing but the user chose a DIFFERENT ('custom') location so that an application data file was NEVER created. Clear now?

kenace0 · Post by **kenace0** » August 24th, 2005, 11:59 am

ff like any other good program makes backups in its owen folder i have not heard back from the person who started this

ajayluks · Post by **ajayluks** » August 24th, 2005, 12:05 pm

OK Kenace0, I give up 2+2 really does make 5!

Oops no! I've just done a test install of Fx 1.06 on my E drive and directed profile data to 'My Docs' (in a specially created folder) and lo and behold, NO back up profile data created in application data directory!

kenace0 · Post by **kenace0** » August 24th, 2005, 12:09 pm

did you do a find files/folders

Post by **Vectorspace** » August 24th, 2005, 12:10 pm

kenace0: Firefox does not make a backup profile.
It does make a backup of bookmarks.html (called 'bookmarks.bak') in the profile folder, but that is it.

If your Firefox is creating backups then it must be through an extension.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » August 29th, 2005, 1:11 pm

Getting back to the point, is anyone interested in fixing this bug (302087)? It's supposed to be just a simple change in one dialog box, which you can do with a markup language.

If no one is interested in fixing the bug, I can't blame the Mozilla people for not wanting to.

greenknight · Post by **greenknight** » August 30th, 2005, 12:58 am

Apparently there is some interest in fixing this bug, its gotten 13 votes (including mine). The filer of this bug has filed a related bug about the lack of warning when creating a profile in a non-default location:

Bug 305551 - No warning before creating user-specific profile directory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305551

I suggest voting for that one, too. I already have.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » August 30th, 2005, 10:30 am

this would seem to be a good solution if the bug is addressed:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18927

It details how Fx should not outright delete files, but put them in the recycle bin or trash can (mac)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » August 30th, 2005, 11:01 am

Make no mistake about it, Mozilla is not interested in fixing this bug, but they will accept a fix.

With respect to bug 18927, the trash can requires OS-specific code, and is therefore much harder to implement than a one-line warning. It is a very old bug, however.

In addition, the trash is a poor way to protect against catastrophic loss because you can never be sure it's big enough. Mine is limited to 10% of the disk. What if the bug tries to delete the entire hard drive?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » September 1st, 2005, 1:05 am

BUG CONFIRMED for firefox 1.0.6!!! this is the worst $%$%$££$ nightmare i've seen in quite a while!!!

this is what happened in my case: to create a new profile, i used the commandline but at the point where i wanted to enter a backslash, i hit the enter key, because the keyboard was not US englisch but British english. this yielded to the commandline:

firefox.exe -createprofile "name d:
[..yes, it's my fault up to here... i know. to add: i'm lucky to have a backup]

what happened next, you can easily imagine: i went to the profile manager and hit 'delete profile > delete files'... after a few seconds or so i thought that the deletion took uneasily long and killed the process. until now, i found parts of my hd gone (actually only half of a very large font folder...), but i assume the profile manager would have continued happily ever after....

i dont blame the writers for this code-nightmare, i only blame me to have trusted them...

Dunderklumpen · Post by **Dunderklumpen** » September 2nd, 2005, 7:17 am

Just another example of a bug being reported over and over again and no one seeems to bother to fix it. Uninstall should not delete files that has not been created by the software. Basic.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » September 2nd, 2005, 1:30 pm

See also bug 234680, comment 20, "Uninstall should give the option to remove profile data". It was pointed out that allowing user to select which data to remove would automatically protect user files by removing only targeted profile files.

If you like to think big, this one might fix all profile problems, but bug 302087 is a much quicker, easier fix.. Mozilla has NO plans to fix either, however.

Aunty · Post by **Aunty** » October 18th, 2005, 4:58 pm

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Sorry there gone

So do we have to now trash our five year old computer? Nothing is able to be installed, not even Internet Explorer, nor are we able to even use Opera browser. The only way we can do anything is to use one of our Firefox profiles, then go on line without the use of our anti viral program. Can't even use spell check!