Open Bug 1794890 Opened 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Make it possible to import data from a Firefox profile that exists outside of the traditional profile folder

Categories

(Firefox :: Migration, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Migration
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

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People

(Reporter: mconley, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

Sometimes users back up and restore profiles on a machine, or even transfer profiles between machines. The instructions I just linked to involves copying a profile folder to back it up, and manually paving over an existing profile with a profile copy to restore.

I think we might be able to do better here. Our migrator code already knows how to read another Firefox profile and import data from it, and maybe there's a way to re-use that instead.

This is an exploratory bug to see if we can update the migrator code, and the FirefoxProfileMigrator in particular, so that it doesn't rely on reading profiles within the default profile folder, but instead read from anywhere readable on the file system.

This would also be very useful when a user has Firefox already installed and wants to migrate to Firefox from the Windows Store.

I just gave this a try, and the experience wasn't that great. What I tried:

  1. Already have been using Firefox for a while.
  2. Installed Firefox from Windows Store
  3. Windows Store Firefox offers to import history from other browsers, but Firefox isn't on the list.
  4. Have to manually copy, paste, and rename the Firefox profile directory :)
Assignee: brianpt1106 → nobody
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