var { classes: Cc, interfaces: Ci, utils: Cu } = Components; Cu.importGlobalProperties(["File"]); addMessageListener("file.open", function (e) { var tmpFile = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1"] .getService(Ci.nsIDirectoryService) .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIProperties) .get('ProfD', Ci.nsIFile); tmpFile.append('prefs.js'); File.createFromNsIFile(tmpFile).then(file => { sendAsyncMessage("file.opened", { data: [ file ] }); }); });