

A profiles.ini file for a single profile in the "default" or expected profile location:.Here are two examples of the profiles.ini file contents : For information about adding profiles to the Profile Manager or accessing profiles that are no longer listed, see the articles, Moving your profile folder and Starting your Mozilla application with a specified profile.

The Profile Manager will only show the newly-created profile and the old profiles will no longer be listed. If you delete the profiles.ini file, a new default profile will be created the next time you start the application and a new profiles.ini file will be generated that references the new profile. Always make a backup copy before editing the profiles.ini file. Caution: An "already running but is not responding" error can occur as a result of incorrect editing of the "profiles.ini" file ( bug 278860). Since the profiles.ini file is a plain-text file, it can be easily opened, viewed and edited, if necessary, with a text editor such as Notepad.

It appears incorrectly here due to technical limitations in the wiki software. The correct title of this article is profiles.ini file.
