[Mozilla Enterprise] Problems with profile reset

Thane K. Sherrington thane at computerconnectionltd.com
Fri Mar 29 12:48:53 UTC 2019


Thanks Mike,

     That worked.  I had to use -reset-profile -migration rather than 
--reset-profile --migration


Thane K. Sherrington

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On 23/03/2019 9:21 p.m., Mike Kaply wrote:
> Try using
>
> --reset-profile --migration
>
> and you should get the correct behavior.
>
> Mike Kaply
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:42 PM Thane K. Sherrington 
> <thane at computerconnectionltd.com 
> <mailto:thane at computerconnectionltd.com>> wrote:
>
>     When I do an update for FF, I've been trying to do a profile reset
>     just to freshen things up.  I was doing it manually (going to
>     about:support) and then clicking "Refresh Firefox" but that's a
>     pain.  I saw a post here recently that said I can use:
>     -reset-profile to do this from the command line.
>
>     Two things I've noticed:
>
>     1)If I run "%programfiles\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe"
>     -reset-profile, I get the message that it can't find
>     "reset-profile"  But I switch the Firefox program folder, it works
>     (well, sort of).
>
>     2)If I go to the Firefox program folder and run start /wait
>     firefox.exe -reset-profile, it seems to do the reset, but it
>     appears to be creating a fresh profile and I look history and
>     bookmarks.
>
>     Is this expected behaviour, or is there a bug, or am I doing
>     something wrong?
>
>     Running FF 66 (but I think it happened in 65 too).
>
>
>     -- 
>     Thane K. Sherrington
>
>     Computer Connection, Ltd. ...taking the mystery out of computers
>     since 1982.
>     Winner of the 2012 Ian Spencer - Excellence in Business Award
>     *Thanks for making us the Reader's Choice Best Computer Store in
>     2016, 2017, and 2018!*
>     95 College St., Antigonish,
>     NS B2G 1X6
>     902-863-3361 (phone)
>     902-863-2580 (fax)
>     thane at computerconnectionltd.com
>     <mailto:thane at computerconnectionltd.com>
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