Greetings.
I'm getting ready to upgrade to the new 64-bit version and have been cautioned that I won't be able to go back to the previous version if needed/desired as the 32-bit profile will have gone away.
I searched what my beloved wife used and found that MozBackup isn't being developed past Windows 7.
Can I get a recommendation and a safe download site please?
32-bit was previously installed on all machines by default, now Mozilla is migrating those folks who can handle 64-bit to that platform automatically and silently. I'm not sure what you are asking about the profile going away ...
If you simply want to backup the profile, see this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
This machine upgraded automatically recently without any action on my part, and all of the profile information, extensions, plug-ins, bookmarks, etc, work as they did.
Are you manually updating to 64-bit?
... and you CAN go back to 32-bit should you want to, see the bottom of this blog: https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/firefox-64-default-64-bit-windows/
Quote from: winchester73 on October 23, 2017, 11:53:57 AM
32-bit was previously installed on all machines by default, now Mozilla is migrating those folks who can handle 64-bit to that platform automatically and silently. I'm not sure what you are asking about the profile going away ...
If you simply want to backup the profile, see this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
This machine upgraded automatically recently without any action on my part, and all of the profile information, extensions, plug-ins, bookmarks, etc, work as they did.
Are you manually updating to 64-bit?
... and you CAN go back to 32-bit should you want to, see the bottom of this blog: https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/firefox-64-default-64-bit-windows/
You could try Batckup 3.0 for Firefox. I haven't used it but it might work.
http://batchapp.webs.com/backupandrecovery.htm
Have you resolved your issue?
Resolution is today's project. :)
Thanks for the follow-up.
backup was easy enough. and I'm now updated to the 64 bit FF. Hoping for improvement.