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In Firefox portable where is history stored?

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eddieyost
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I selected Firefox portable so I could run it on my PC (Windows 7) in drive D (secondary hard drive) and avoid excessive writing to primary drive C (SSD). I'm trying to find where history is stored so I can use CCleaner to periodically securely overwrite it. I've searched the various Firefox files on drive D and have been unsuccessful in finding the specific file that stores the history. Can someone please help me identify this mystery file?

I selected Firefox portable so I could run it on my PC (Windows 7) in drive D (secondary hard drive) and avoid excessive writing to primary drive C (SSD). I'm trying to find where history is stored so I can use CCleaner to periodically securely overwrite it. I've searched the various Firefox files on drive D and have been unsuccessful in finding the specific file that stores the history. Can someone please help me identify this mystery file?

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the-edmeister
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Firefox Portable doesn't save browsing history, AFAIK. That 3rd party build has their own support forum over here.
http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable

eddieyost
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Thanks for your reply. However, the Firefox Portable I installed several days ago does indeed save browsing history in my computer. When I click on the Firefox tab in the upper left hand corner of my monitor, and then select History, it gives me a choice of selecting "Show All History" along with other choices. When I click on "Show All History", all the sites I visited today and yesterday are listed. This list is stored somewhere in my computer and I'd sure like to find out where.

cor-el
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You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
  • X:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\profile

Bookmarks and history are stored in the places.sqlite file.