[tbb-bugs] #23730 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Change profile location

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#23730: Change profile location
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 Reporter:  bitwyse                   |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Low                       |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:  not a bug
 Keywords:  Profiles                  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by mcs):

 * status:  needs_information => closed
 * resolution:   => not a bug


Comment:

 We investigated this a bit more. I'm not sure why it used to work, but
 relocating the profile is not a configuration that we can support at this
 time. That said, I was able to get a configuration similar to yours to
 work by copying the directory Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Tor to the alternate
 location (in addition to copying profile.default). In my case I copied it
 to D:\tordata\

 Then I had to add the following preference string values using
 about:config:
 {{{
 extensions.torlauncher.tordatadir_path=d:\\tordata
 extensions.torlauncher.torrc_path=d:\\tordata\torrc
 extensions.torlauncher.torrc-defaults_path=d:\\tordata\torrc-defaults
 }}}

 The reason this is difficult for us to support is because our automatic
 update mechanism as well as other browser code assumes that all of the
 user data is embedded within the application area. See #18367 for a ticket
 that, if fixed, would move us closer to being able to support the
 configuration you want to use.

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