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How to get the current Firefox profile path from my applet?

I use Mozilla's Java Network Security Services (JSS) in my applet to allow some low-level interaction between my (signed) Java Applet and Mozilla Firefox.

One of the first issues I am facing is finding the current path to the Firefox profile. I need this because I have to call the CryptoManager initialize (String configDir) method, and the so-called configDir should be the Firefox Profile directory.

How can I capture the full path to the current Firefox profile? Is there a clean way, or do I need to read .ini profiles in {$ APPDATA} / Firefox, analyze it, and then choose an arbitrary profile (hoping that there is only one, or the one that I get is correct)?

Thanks in advance

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In Javascript you can get the profile and executable directory:

netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege('UniversalXPConnect'); var profile = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIProperties).get("ProfD", Components.interfaces.nsIFile).path var CurProcD = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIProperties).get("CurProcD", Components.interfaces.nsIFile).path
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You can try looking at section 1.3.2 here:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Using_the_JavaScript_or_Error_Console

Hope this helps.

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