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Has anyone been able to edit the search engine prefs file (search.json.mozlz4) in the profile folder and keep the changes? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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I found that all search engines in Firefox, default and user-added, are stored in the search.json.mozlz4 file in the root of your profile folder. I used this software to decompress it: https://github.com/jusw85/mozlz4 (I compiled it on macOS with cargo build). I tried looking up what each JSON property means but didn't find anything, and found one comment saying that it doesn't work since Firefox always checks it for tampering.

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[โ€“] TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which extension was it? Maybe take a look on ur PC.