akaladis Veteran Posted February 28, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 28, 2005 (edited) There has been a lot of discussion about backing up Firefox extensions, preferences, bookmarks etc. A promising tool, MozBackup, was unfortunately discontinued. On top of all that, yesterday, after my main HDD fainted (power cable got disconnected), my firefox profile got corrupt. I had no chance but to write a tool to backup/restore my profile. Notes 1. This is still BETA; there may be some glitches 2. This saves a complete backup of your profile, not just extensions or bookmarks. 3. It uses 7-zip commandline to create and extract archives. 4. It requires administrative rights (on NT-class Windows) 5. It has not been tested with Windows 9x/Me 6. Version 0.7+ supports Firefox and Thunderbird. 7. Version 0.72+ can exclude cache from backups. Points 1. I've successfully restored my profile after uninstalling firefox (and deleting my profiles) and reinstalling it. 2. I've successfully transfered my profile on my second computer (backup on first pc, and restore on second). Download BackupFox 0.73 Screenshot (0.73) Enjoy! Antonis Edited March 21, 2005 by nw_raptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Very very sweet Raptor :D Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfoos Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Nice. I've been wanting a tool like this for my next format. Thanks. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme $niper Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Thanks! I was always wondering why there wasnt a lot of these kinds of programs out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 nicely done...:D....exactly what to doctor ordered....:happy:..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophism Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 if ya added support for thunderbird i would use it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvbfan Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 if ya added support for thunderbird i would use it.. 585549906[/snapback] That's a great idea! I'd sure like that too, but nice work on what you have done already.. I just tested it and it's simple and easy to use.. GREAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 if ya added support for thunderbird i would use it.. 585549906[/snapback] right on the spot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekno Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Very useful tool! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted March 1, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2005 I'll have to try out Thunderbird and see if I can add that :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 wow. awesome! very handy app mr.raptor :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova_00 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 nw_raptor before you get too far into building it could you make it as an extension isntead of a seperate program? or if you could also make it an extension that'd be great also. great work btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aadhu Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 this is great... just what i'd been looking for.. thanx :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsh! Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Been using another tool... But will give this a try.. Great work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted March 1, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted March 1, 2005 nw_raptor before you get too far into building it could you make it as an extension isntead of a seperate program? or if you could also make it an extension that'd be great also.great work btw 585551085[/snapback] Well, the troule is... in order to restore a profile, Firefox must be completely closed. This doesn't leave too much space for an extension. Backing up with Firefox open is not recommended either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigsman Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I just tried this out. Downloaded the zip, extracted to a new directory and tried to run BackupFox.exe. I get a runtime error '50003' Unexpected Error. I tried copying the 7za.exe file to the Windows folder thinking a possible path issue. Didnt work. XP Pro SP1, power user account (i dont have admin access to this system). In case it helps you, MozBackup works fine for me, including extensions. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 i didn't have ANY problem. i tried putting the files in different folders/locations. no problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsinho Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I just tried this out. Downloaded the zip, extracted to a new directory and tried to run BackupFox.exe. I get a runtime error '50003' Unexpected Error. I tried copying the 7za.exe file to the Windows folder thinking a possible path issue. Didnt work. XP Pro SP1, power user account (i dont have admin access to this system). In case it helps you, MozBackup works fine for me, including extensions. T 585556893[/snapback] ^^welcome to Neowin (Y) well here I also have the same problem unfortunately :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I just tried this out. Downloaded the zip, extracted to a new directory and tried to run BackupFox.exe. I get a runtime error '50003' Unexpected Error. I tried copying the 7za.exe file to the Windows folder thinking a possible path issue. Didnt work. XP Pro SP1, power user account (i dont have admin access to this system). In case it helps you, MozBackup works fine for me, including extensions. T 585556893[/snapback] You most likely need admin rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk26 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCAP Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 It's great. Thanks raptor. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeS Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Where does it store my backup? I couldn't find it. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal421 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Thanks! That's THE application I was looking for Firefox. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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