The removed-files file is only used for files within the application directory during an application update. This mitigates security issues of having an elevated process manipulating files outside of the application directory which can lead to exploits. There are cases where this process won't have access to all profiles on a system and hence won't be able to remove the files in all cases. Cleaning up files in profiles should be done by Firefox itself since it can remove the files without the issues noted above.
Robert On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Tobias B. Besemer < tobias.bese...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > In the program folder of FF by Windows there is a file called > "removed-files"... > This file includes a list with files (rules) that should be removed... > What's about updating this? > I see a lot of (old) files and folders in the profile folders that should > be IMHO removed to clean up the profiles from old garbage... > > Here are some examples: > - c:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox\ > Seems to be a mistake by a old install? > > - > c:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zypzyju5.default\urlclassifier.pset > A really old files that was replaced with a new file with a other > extension. > > - > c:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zypzyju5.default\urlclassifier3.sqlite > The new files of the file above, but only in one of my profile folders... > So why? > > - > c:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zypzyju5.default\chrome_debugger_profile\ > Also only in one of my profiles... Should be kept? > > - > c:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\zypzyju5.default\safebrowsing\test-*.* > Gets still daily updated but there are also mozstd-*.* and goog-*.* > files... > > - c:\Users\Administrator\AppData\LocalLow\Mozilla\ > Created by mistake by a old installer? Gets never used... > > - c:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash > Reports\InstallTime* > Every (daily) update creates a new file... Over time the user (tester) > have hundreds of them in his folder... > > - I see in my profile folders under "Roaming" a lot of other (really) old > files getting no more used... > > - There exist also (really) old extensions in the profiles like the > "Update Channel Extension" that user should use no more... Is there maybe a > solution possible that a extension developer can mark his old extension in > AMO as "should be deinstalled" (with maybe a list of data files that should > be deleted too)? > > Guess that every files that is for FF Versions older then 1-2 years can be > deleted because this old browsers are no more save, the update/upgarde is > for free and the user should really update his FF... > (Whats about a message that when a FF starts on a system that is older > then 1-2years that says the user he should really upgrade is FF for free?) > > > Greets, Tobias. > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
