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Puzzled

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Registered: 2019-07-14

Posts: 26

[SOLVED] Brave Browser Profile issues

I was researching an issue that FAB missed a directory when moving data from a Windows7 to Windows10 and while researching I started FAB upon a computer here whose default browser is Brave Version 1.2.43 Chromium: 79.0.3945.130 (Official Build) (64-bit) whose profile is in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware

However FAB never picks up that the profile is there i.e. it is not automatically checked on

Fab

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Registered: 2011-05-11

Posts: 1,307

Re: [SOLVED] Brave Browser Profile issues

I've found out what's wrong and that weirder than what I thought a first sight and will require some brain gym to cover every possible case.

Older Brave versions stored profile in "%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\brave". That's the path Fab's is looking for right now.
If updated with newer versions, content is migrated to "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data" instead.
Now, I have to find out which of those possible profile location exists and pick it up. If both locations exists, I'll choose the new path as it makes more sense. Same thing for restore. If an old version has been installed instead of a new one, I'll restore to the old path. If there's nothing, newest path will be used (even if it does not exist). That should fit most cases.

Edit: so far, tests are working pretty well except one thing. It looks like Brave is starting to behave like Chrome, encrypting preferences in profile. Then, after a profile migration from a windows user account to another, Brave prompts for settings reset when opening settings window. Most of them seem to be there anyway such as start pages and bookmarks. Stored password do not get through.
That's still better than nothing so, an update is almost ready to be pushed.

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Fab

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Registered: 2011-05-11

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Re: [SOLVED] Brave Browser Profile issues

Version 7.1.2.1390 is online and addresses this problem, among others. Here is the change log :
- The program could not set folders dates when backing up to a network path.
- The program could miss Brave browser profile because its path has changed.
- Public items could not be restored if translated "Public" word was something other than "Public".

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Puzzled

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Registered: 2019-07-14

Posts: 26

Re: [SOLVED] Brave Browser Profile issues

Thanks for the quick fix for the issue.

Fab

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Registered: 2011-05-11

Posts: 1,307

Re: [SOLVED] Brave Browser Profile issues

Thanks for the quick fix for the issue.

You're welcome. I definitely could not let potential data loss in the wild 

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