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Copy the folder (which will contain the xxxxxxxx.SLT folder) to wherever you want to store it, as long as no other folder with the same name exists in that location.

Completely close Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey 1.x.

Although it is possible to rename the existing profile in the Profile Manager and then follow the steps below, if you make a mistake and then attempt to delete the new profile, data loss could occur ( bug 113203). Note: If you are moving a profile with the same name as an existing profile (for example, the 'default' profile) you should use one of the alternative methods given below to move the profile. If they're missing, use the 'Browse' button for the local directory in Tools -> Account Settings -> Server Settings and Tools -> Account Settings -> Local Folders to specify the correct account and mail directories. If you're using Thunderbird, check that you can see the folders for each account.Select the new profile and press the Start button to start Firefox or Thunderbird using the moved profile.Review the path shown in the 'Completing the Create Profile Wizard' dialog to make sure it is correct, then click 'Finish' to create the new profile.

Select the profile folder you copied and click OK.

In the dialog that opens, enter a descriptive name for the profile.

In SeaMonkey 2, first click on 'Manage Profiles.', then click on 'Create Profile.'.

Click on the 'Create Profile.' button.

A window similar to the one shown will open. (You can copy it anywhere, except the application's program directory.) Skip this step if you're just trying to share a profile with another user.

Copy the profile folder to the location where you want to store it.

Completely close your Mozilla application.

If you haven't done this before, it's recommended that you make a backup of all of your profiles before continuing.

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See this article for how to to move your Thunderbird profile to Portable Thunderbird.ĭon't proceed until you have found the profile folder that you want to 'move'. See this article for how to move your Firefox profile to Portable Firefox.

Note: Portable Firefox and Portable Thunderbird don't support a profiles.ini file or a Profile Manager, since the profile is stored in a portable drive that is moved between computers.

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While it's possible to move a profile somewhere and then manually update the profiles.ini file, that is not recommended as it's error-prone. When you create, rename, or delete a profile using the Profile Manager, the information stored in this file is updated. They look in the profiles.ini file (Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey 2) or in the 'registry.dat' file (Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey 1.x) to find what profiles exist and where they are located. Mozilla applications don't know how to discover a profile by just looking in the default location where profiles are stored. In such cases, you can update the information stored in the prefs.js file by using the 'Browse' button for the local directory in your Options/Preferences for (Mail & Newsgroups) Account Settings -> Server Settings and (Mail & Newsgroups) -> Account Settings -> Local Folders to specify the correct account and mail directories. Thunderbird and Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, for example, use the same format to store messages and address books on all platforms.

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Note on moving profiles between operating systems: If you move your profile between dissimilar operating systems (Windows to Mac OS X for example) the path names in the prefs.js file (your settings) may have the wrong syntax. If you're using Thunderbird, you may find Moving your profile folder - Thunderbird easier to follow, since it doesn't cover multiple applications as this article does.

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If you're migrating from Windows to Linux, you may find Moving from Windows to Linux more useful. However, you may find it easier to share a profile if you move it first to a location whose path doesn't depend upon the user name. In this case you don't physically copy the profile since you're just updating another user's profiles.ini file to use the same profile.

Configure another operating system account to use the same profile.

Manually restore a profile backup after reformatting the hard disk.

Manually restore a profile backup to a different location.

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Move your profile from one computer to another when it's not practical to back up your profile, copy the backed up files to the other computer and then restore the backup using software like MozBackup that knows how to update the profiles.ini file.(Please note that MBU is no longer being supported or updated.).

Change the location where your profile is stored.

This article describes how to move a profile for your Mozilla application, if you want to do the following:

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