[tor-bugs] #27604 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Relocating the Tor Browser directory is broken with Tor Browser 8

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#27604: Relocating the Tor Browser directory is broken with Tor Browser 8
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Major                                |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-8.0-issues, tbb-regression,      |  Actual Points:  0.6
  tbb-8.0.1-can, TorBrowserTeam201910            |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  0.5
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by mcs):

 Replying to [comment:27 morar]:
 > I made some tests:
 > ...
 > In all three cases
 >
 > {{{
 > DataDirectory C:\XXX\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Tor
 > GeoIPFile C:\XXX\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Tor\geoip
 > GeoIPv6File C:\XXX\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Data\Tor\geoip6
 > }}}
 >
 > are not updated with the new folder.

 Thanks for testing. In those cases, did Tor Browser open and work
 correctly (after you applied workarounds including deleting the
 extensions.json file)? I realized yesterday that eventhough new values for
 config parameters such as `DataDirectory` are passed to tor via args (and
 therefore used), the `torrc` file will not be overwritten unless you make
 other config changes. In other words, tor doesn't write our an updated
 `torrc` in response to new command line args.

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