Hi!
I am relatively new to using Palemoon. Really want to store my Palemoon bookmarks on a drive other than the default c: drive.
I am running:
Palemoon (not portable) version 31.4.2 (64 Bit)
Windows 10 Home Version 21H2
I really prefer to keep things like browser bookmarks on a different drive from my operating system.
Is there a way to put my active bookmark folder on a different drive, such as d:\ instead of c:\?
I found an article called "Moving your profile folder " in the Mozilla Knowledge Base, but:
1) it is undated
2) it is for Firefox T-bird, seamonkey etal.. Not Palemoon.
I have figured out:
1) where my current Palemoon. profile is:
c:/users/jim/appdata/roaming/Moonchild Productions/Palemoon/profiles.ini
2) how to find Palemoon's profile manager:
Goto box that says "type here to search"
Type in "profilemanage -p" without the quote marks. However, this gives a firefox version,
not a Palemoon. version, if that makes a difference.
Beyond that, I do not know much else. Assume I have a properly installed Palemoon app and have bookmarks that I have saved in the default location. What I am trying to do is make the default location to be on my D:\ drive. Is there a way to do that? All the ways I tried have been unsuccessful. Any help deeply appreciated!
choosing a drive for the bookmark filebookmark file
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- bedrock445
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Re: choosing a drive for the bookmark filebookmark file
You can't easily move the entire folder across without a lot of annoying manual editing, so the easiest way is creating a new profile in the new location.
After starting the browser anew, you will be using the new location.
- In the address bar, type about:profiles and press enter.
- Click "Create a new profile"
- In the wizard, give the profile a name and click the "Choose folder..." button
- Select the location you want the folder to be in, complete the wizard with "Finish".
- Now, click the "Set as default profile" button under the new profile you just created
After starting the browser anew, you will be using the new location.
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Re: choosing a drive for the bookmark filebookmark file
Close Pale Moon and edit that profiles.ini file and move your whatever.default folder and others if you have.bedrock445 wrote: ↑2023-01-29, 03:10I have figured out:
1) where my current Palemoon. profile is:
c:/users/jim/appdata/roaming/Moonchild Productions/Palemoon/profiles.ini
Profiles.ini example (with 2 profiles):
Don't forget to change "IsRelative=1" to "IsRelative=0"
Also, in Windows non-relative paths use back slashes while relative paths use forward slashes.
- back2themoon
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Re: choosing a drive for the bookmark filebookmark file
Wouldn't Symbolic Links work in this case? You'd essentially "pretend" that files or folders are in the default location (where you'll put the Symlink) while you can decide for the actual files to be wherever you like.
Of course, Moonchild's suggestion is cleaner if you're happy having your entire profile on another drive, instead of the bookmarks-related files/folders alone.
Of course, Moonchild's suggestion is cleaner if you're happy having your entire profile on another drive, instead of the bookmarks-related files/folders alone.
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