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I’m going to show you how you can transfer, copy or move Firefox’s bookmarks, addons , plugins, profiles and other settings easily between computers running in Windows XP and Windows 7 without having to do any exporting and importing. This method works on version 3.6 up til version 6.0.2.

Firstly you need to make sure you are able to see hidden folders and files in Windows.
If you are not sure how to do that, you can read up on

How to view hidden files and folders in Windows XP. or
How to view hidden folders and files in Windows 7.

There are 2 simple steps to achieve this. First step is to copy the Firefox settings from the source computer. Second step is to place the Firefox settings into the target computer. (You can also do it between users instead of computers).

1. Open Windows Explorer, go to the folder <C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\> if it is on a Windows 7, for Windows XP, go to folder <C:\Documents and Settings\XXX\Application Data\Mozilla> where XXX is your Windows Logon username.
2. Copy all the following folders
   • Extensions
   • Firefox
   • plugins (if you have plugins installed)
3. On the target computer, paste the folders on to the similar folders.
   <C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\> for Windows 7
   <C:\Documents and Settings\XXX\Application Data\Mozilla> for Windows XP
4. Similarly, go to the folder <C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Mozilla\> if it is on a Windows 7, for Windows XP, go to folder <C:\Documents and Settings\work\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla> and copy thee firefox folder.
5. Paste the copied folder on to the similar folders of the target computer.
   <C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\> for Windows 7
   <C:\Documents and Settings\XXX\Application Data\Mozilla> for Windows XP