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Re: Obsolete files in Profile

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On 30/04/2025 13:27, knuttle wrote:
> On 04/30/2025 6:10 AM, occam wrote:
>> 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.
> My GUESS is that it is the same in Firefox as Thunderbird, since they
> share a common base.  I would first copy any thing I was uncertain about
> to another folder and then  proceed to remove files.  If I it caused a
> problem you can alway copy them back.

Thanks. I have followed a similar strategy, the other folder being the
'Delete' folder :-)

Although not as many (or as large) as the TB 'prefs-*.js' files, there
were a dozen that were surplus to requirement. Some of them dated back
to 2017!

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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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