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Can I move Firefox Profile folders from windows to mint? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago by aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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Hi guys, as title says is it possible to just copy and paste my entire profile folders from Firefox in Windows to Linux or they are not compatible and I have to reconfigure from start. What's the best move here?

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[–] aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I have two profiles extensively modified over the years but good news is almost most of them are in the user.js files so if it comes to that I think I can just copy them and manually add the rest