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Re: Obsolete files in Profile

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Subject Re: Obsolete files in Profile
Date Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:10:35 +0200
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On 25/04/2025 21:22, s|b wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:59:43 -0400, knuttle wrote:
> 
>> It is not on this page but I found the only valid Prefs file was the one 
>> with the highest number.  I remove all of the Prefs files except the 
>> highest number.  ie Prefs1, Prefs2, Prefs3 ...   I removed all but Prefs3.
> 
> This is a bug. I've seen it in my own profile in the past. It's not
> Prefs1. It's prefs-1.js (turn on extensions in Explorer), prefs-2.js
> etc.
> 


Hi,

Do you know if this logic also applies to prefs-*.js files in *Firefox*?

When I did a global search for Prefs-*.js , I found lots of them both in
the Thunderbird and Firefox profiles.

Before I do a purge, I'd like to be sure. Some of these go as far back
as 2015, and have 100KB size.

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Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 07:59 -0400
  Re: Obsolete files in Profile Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-25 08:28 -0400
    Re: Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 08:37 -0400
      Re: Obsolete files in Profile Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-25 12:09 -0400
        Re: Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 13:19 -0400
          Re: Obsolete files in Profile Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-25 22:38 -0400
        Re: Obsolete files in Profile Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-04-26 02:04 +0200
  Re: Obsolete files in Profile "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-04-25 09:53 -0400
    Re: Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 10:18 -0400
    Re: Obsolete files in Profile Mr Xi Ji Ping <ping@china.cn> - 2025-04-25 23:45 +0000
  Re: Obsolete files in Profile "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-25 21:22 +0200
    Re: Obsolete files in Profile Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2025-04-25 15:55 -0700
    Re: Obsolete files in Profile occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2025-04-30 12:10 +0200
      Re: Obsolete files in Profile knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-30 07:27 -0400
        Re: Obsolete files in Profile occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2025-04-30 14:21 +0200
      Re: Obsolete files in Profile "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-30 21:33 +0200
        Re: Obsolete files in Profile occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2025-05-01 12:38 +0200
          Re: Obsolete files in Profile "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-01 19:53 +0200

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