58459 - New profiles created in sub directory with random name

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect, P3)

Description

[Gilles Durys]

2000102920 trunk winnt4

I created a new profile named "test".
When I looked at the directory containing the profiles, I saw that all the files
were in "c:\winnt\profiles\gilles\application
data\mozilla\users50\test\7lf1tz5e.slt\".

Every time I create a new profile , a sub directory with a random name is
created and all the files are in it.

Comment 1

[scottputterman]

reassigning to sspitzer.  This is on purpose. See 56002. 

Comment 2

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

wont fix.  this is by design.  please read 56002.

I'll send email about this change to n.p.m.seamonkey today.

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

Something's not right here.  If I rename my Users50 directory and run Mozilla 
again, I get a new Users50 with my profile in Users50\...\<salt1>.  That's ok.  
But when I rename my real Users50 directory back, Mozilla ignores my old 
profile and creates a new directory Users50\...\<salt1>\<salt2>.  I have to 
delete C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\mozregistry.dat to recover my old 
profile.  This makes it very difficult to test bugs with a fresh profile.

Comment 4

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

this is by design.  if you want the ability to move your Users50 directory to
the side, you'll have to move the registry to the side, too.

Comment 5

[Grace Bush]

vfy

Comment 6

[Jacob Steenhagen]

*** Bug 61326 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Fabian Guisset]

*** Bug 64298 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***