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Copying profile from old computer won't work in Windows 7 ?

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Transferring data/files to new system (Windows 7) - copied profile to new system does not work (both ran same Firefox version 3.6) - previous data does not seem to be recognized. Any idea's appreciated. Thanks.

Transferring data/files to new system (Windows 7) - copied profile to new system does not work (both ran same Firefox version 3.6) - previous data does not seem to be recognized. Any idea's appreciated. Thanks.

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cor-el
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You need to copy profiles.ini as well.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_missing_profile