[tor-bugs] #16441 [Tor Browser]: 8-month-old Tor Browser offers to "Reset Tor Browser", removes extensions

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#16441: 8-month-old Tor Browser offers to "Reset Tor Browser", removes extensions
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 Reporter:  dcf          |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor        |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:
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 I started an old copy of Tor Browser 4.0 I had in a directory. From file
 times it looks like it was last run on 2014-10-21, 8 months ago (today is
 2015-06-24). When I started it, the about:tor page showed a banner at the
 bottom
   It looks like you haven't started Tor Browser in a while. Do you want to
 clean it up for a fresh, like-new experience? And by the way, welcome
 back!
 with a button that says "Reset Tor Browser..."

 When I click on the button, the browser restarts and gives me the plain
 Firefox start page, with the Firefox logo and everything. It looks like
 all the extensions are gone (HTTPS-Everywhere, NoScript, Torbutton, Tor
 Launcher). check.torproject.org says the browser is using Tor. I also got
 a banner offering to update to 5.0a2.

 I was trying the instructions from
 [[doc/TorBrowser/Hacking#UsinganExistingTorProcess]] so I had run
 {{{
 export TOR_SOCKS_PORT=9050
 export TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH=1
 ./start-tor-browser
 }}}
 I don't know if that had anything to do with it.

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