On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:35 AM Harkins, Steve via Enterprise < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > > > We are currently packaging 78.2.0 ESR 64-bit for our internal electronic > software distribution, and during my testing of the package, I notice that > if I install over a 32-bit version of Firefox (like 80.0.1) and I have > saved bookmarks, after installing 64-bit, those bookmarks are gone. Is > there a to preserve bookmarks when upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit? > Are you installing into the same directory? It definitely should keep those. Although it looks like you are doing a downgrade (80 to 72) which should be giving an error. > > > In the past we had used the MOZ_LEGACY_PROFILES=1 value in environment > variables to get the bookmarks, but it appears that no longer works. > Downgrades use a different variable: From https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/understanding-depth-profile-installation The downgrade blocking can be bypassed by setting the environment variable MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE or by passing the --allow-downgrade command line argument when running Firefox. > > > How can we make sure that users don’t lose their bookmarks and other > settings when upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit? Thanks. > > > > > > Regards, > > Steve Harkins > > Texas Instruments, Inc > > IT Operations & Infrastructure > > Client Engineering > > 214-567-8232 > > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" >
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