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Can I add comments to my profile.ini file.

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Paul
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I move my profile folder between several machines and operating systems and it is fine but if I could add comments to the profile.ini file it help keep track of usage/profile backups etc.

I move my profile folder between several machines and operating systems and it is fine but if I could add comments to the profile.ini file it help keep track of usage/profile backups etc.

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Many sources suggest that the semicolon (;) symbol may be used. You have to put a comment on its own line, so it can't follow other text as happens in many other cases.

I just tried a ; in my own profiles.ini file and it doesn't seem to have broken anything.

Note that other Thunderbird files have their own conventions. In the js files such as pref.js, you can use a # or the c-style /*…*/ format.

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Many sources suggest that the semicolon (;) symbol may be used. You have to put a comment on its own line, so it can't follow other text as happens in many other cases.

I just tried a ; in my own profiles.ini file and it doesn't seem to have broken anything.

Note that other Thunderbird files have their own conventions. In the js files such as pref.js, you can use a # or the c-style /*…*/ format.

Paul
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Thank you Zenos. That works perfecly for me.