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    I need to copy a file from a network share to %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\m3fh72ep.default location.

    Since the above location will be different for all the Users, I tried creating File Preference in User Configuration with following as Destination.

    %AppDataDir%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\file.txt

    %AppDataDir%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\file.txt

    However both did not work. I need a script which can read the Path from %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini file and then copy a file from network share to this location. Please help.

    General]
    StartWithLastProfile=1

    [Profile0]
    Name=default
    IsRelative=1
    Path=Profiles/m3fh72ep.default

    Please help.

    • Moved by Bill_Stewart Thursday, September 25, 2014 8:36 PM This is not "scripts on demand"
    Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:15 PM

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    How about:

    $Paths = select-string 'test.txt' -pattern 'Path='
[RegEx]$Equals = '='
$First = $Equals.Split($Paths[0])[1]

# If you need to find the last one you need to go through the matches
foreach ($Path in $Paths) {
    $Last = $Equals.Split($Path)[1]
}
    Thursday, August 14, 2014 11:29 PM
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    You need to post your script.  We will not write it for you and your request is somewhat vague.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Friday, August 15, 2014 12:10 AM
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    Sorry, it's late over here..

    The foreach loop was left over when I was playing around recognizing multiple profiles. Then you need to keep track of the [Profile\d] headings. That turned out to be too messy and you didn't ask for it, so I deleted it.

    If you just need to find out the first or last Path, use this:

    $Paths = select-string 'profiles.ini' -pattern '^Path='
[RegEx]$Equals = '='
$First = $Equals.Split($Paths[0])[1]
$Last = $Equals.Split($Paths[-1])[1]
    I also added a caret to the pattern, so it won't match any other xxxPath= (I am not familiar with Firefox ini files.)


    Friday, August 15, 2014 12:20 AM
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    Hint:

    Get-Content "$env:appdata\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini" | Select-String '^path='

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Friday, August 15, 2014 1:30 AM