Mozilla Browser - Re: why do Firefox and Thunderbird place profiles in different locations ??

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Re: why do Firefox and Thunderbird place profiles in different locations ??

..brian..

2005-03-23, 7:45 am

test1 wrote:
> silly question, I know,
> and perhaps more thinking aloud than asking...
>
> but - in Windows at least - Firefox and Thunderbird
> place user profiles in slightly different locations
>
>
> although they both go into the folder:
> Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data
>
>
> Thunderbird goes into \Thunderbird
>
> Firefox goes into \Mozilla\Firefox
>
>
> okay - not a problem as such,
> just seems a strange inconsistency...

Because they are different programs and neither profile is useful for
the other program?