Monday, March 17, 2008

Backup Firefox Configuration File Setting

A backup tips to backup firefox configuration file setting. if you always access firefox config files for  advance configuration on firefox browser, you might consider backup firefox setting on save location which this might save a lot of times.  in case you change any value and then error occurs, you can always restore Firefox back to normal state.

So, all you need is backup a firefox configuration files that similar like windows registry files that contain all value of your firefox setting and store on all safety location as future references.

How to the backup firefox setting:

* Select Run in Windows
* type “%appdata%mozillafirefoxprofiles“. 
* It shows a Windows folder has a name like xxxxxx.default (the name may not be same in all computers but the end with .default wording).
* Open the folder and then copy the file prefs.js to a safety location.

backup firefox configuration file

In future, if you mess up the configuration of firefox (about:config). you can simply close firefox application and restore back prefs.js back to its original location.

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