• Members 1196 posts
    Dec. 15, 2025, 2:05 p.m.

    [rant]

    Having stuck stubbornly to Windows 7 for years, the shit has finally hit the fan, grump.

    A week or two ago, I went to check my Chase bank account on-line, as I have done for decades. Up pops a message saying my Browser is out date, so I downloaded the "latest" (FireFox 115 because FireFox no longer supports Win 7) only to find that Chase no longer supports Windows 7, now wants Windows 10+. After trying to upgrade my oldish Dell to Win 10, I just had to give up ... too complicated for this old man. Thanks, Microsoft ... may Gates live in hell.

    So I saved my 'User Ted' files onto my Seagate USB external drive and bought a refurbished Win 14 Dell and downloaded FireFox 146.

    Jeez ...

    I opened FireFox - none of my profile stuff is there - no passwords, bookmarks, cookies, na-ni-na, as one might expect.

    Even worse, my pictures folder on the Seagate is empty. Super-ouch.

    So now I'll have to reconnect my old Dell and save the entire C drive to the Seagate if it will fit.

    And Windows 14 is so different than 7 that it really, really sucks !!!

    [/rant]

  • Dec. 15, 2025, 2:13 p.m.

    Try this: www.palemoon.org/ (On your Win7 computer, I mean :) )
    There are more Firefox clones to support WIndows 7, Pale Moon is the only what I've ever tried.

  • Members 1711 posts
    Dec. 15, 2025, 2:38 p.m.

    Your Firefox profile contains all your passwords and stuff.

    The profile should be in this folder:

    C:\Users\Ted\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

    At some point in the Firefox install you may be able to tell it which profile to use. Otherwise there is a config setting that you can edit after install

    Google search should find you a link to defining a profile to use and the steps needed - also the correct location of your old one if I am incorrect above

    I didn't realise winders had gone to version 14. I am still living with the constant nag to upgrade from 10 to 11

    Yes ms have a lot to answer for.

  • Dec. 15, 2025, 2:44 p.m.
  • Dec. 15, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

    I've used ExplorerPatcher and OpenShell to make my Windows 11 machine look just like WIndows 7.

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  • Members 1196 posts
    Dec. 15, 2025, 4:12 p.m.

    Cool just found it on the Seagate will try and find said path in Windows 14