[tor-bugs] #14795 [Tor Browser]: Windows Environmental Variables not usable in Profiles.ini when deploying tor browser across a domain

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#14795: Windows Environmental Variables not usable in Profiles.ini when deploying
tor browser across a domain
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  tbb-team
  johnakabean            |     Status:  needs_information
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  windows, variables, windows
  Browser                |  environment, windows environmental variables,
   Resolution:           |  windows variables
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
       Points:           |
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Comment (by johnakabean):

 Ok so I found workaround for this until profiles.ini supports using
 windows variables (%appdata%\TorBrowser) for the profile path.

 Enforcing shortcut .lnk files to firefox.exe as "'''''firefox.exe -profile
 %appdata%\torbrowser'''''" made it work perfect to use the domain user's
 roaming profile directly, dynamically linked for each user. However, they
 cannot create more than 1 profile using this.

 I suggested to Sebastien to document this ability of tor browser's binary
 on the website and he said add it here; however I would like to
 consolidate to one ticket, to withhold clutter. So, here's the suggestion
 as a comment of the problem instead of opening a new ticket.

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