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Appendix C       Mozilla Profile Locations by Platform

By default, Mozilla profiles are stored in different places on different platforms. Users may also choose a directory or folder in which to store their profile data.

The directories shown in Table C-1 are the defaults for profile and registry storage. Paths to the Mozilla directory vary among platforms. The mozilla directory always contains the following:

The Profiles directory contains one or more directories whose names correspond to Mozilla profiles (shown as profile_name in Table C-1). Each of these directories includes another directory whose name is composed of random numbers and letters (shown as salted_name in Table C-1).

Important: The directory Application Data may be hidden on some Windows platforms (such as Windows 2000). If this is the case, the user should follow these steps to see it:

  1. Open the View menu for the Mozilla directory and choose Options.

  2. Click the View tab.

  3. Under Hidden Options, click "Show all files".


Table C-1    Locations of Mozilla profile information on different platforms


Platform

Profile directory

Windows ME/
Windows XP

C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\profile_name\salted_name

Windows 2000

C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\profile_name\salted_name

Windows NT

C:\Winnt\Profiles\user_name\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\profile_name\salted_name

Windows 95/
Windows 98

If password protection is disabled:

C:\Windows\Application Data\Data\Mozilla\Profiles\profile_name\salted_name

If password protection is enabled:

C:\Windows\Profiles\user_name\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\profile_name\salted_name

Macintosh OS 8.6-9.1

boot_disk:Documents:Mozilla: Profiles\profile_name\salted_name

Registry:

boot_disk:System Folder:Preferences:Mozilla Registry

Macintosh OS X

boot_disk:Users:user_name:Library:Mozilla

Registry:

boot_disk:Users:username:Library:Preferences:
MozillaRegistry

Linux

Enter

'echo $HOME'

to find where $HOME is pointing to. The registry and profiles are in $HOME/.mozilla)



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