Greasemonkey script folder missing

Question

I am following the instructions to transfer Greasemonkey scripts to Tampermonkey: How to Transfer All Greasemonkey userscripts to Tampermonkey on Firefox 57+. However the folder "gm_scripts" mentioned in the instructions does not exist on my PC.

Here are the folders that I do have (Click for larger view):

Would you know which of these the scripts may be in?

I am a beginner at using scripts and maybe this is not really necessary, but it is good practice for me.

Blowhole

How many Greasemonkey scripts did you have installed before switching to either Firefox 57+ or Greasemonkey 4+? What versions of Greasemonkey did you have installed, and which version do you have installed now? – Gerius

Answer 1

Apparently GreaseMonkey no longer stores the user scripts in gm_scripts for Firefox. I have Firefox 58 with GreaseMonkey 4.2. I manually added some junk data to one of the user scripts, followed by comparing file sizes for any changed files in AppData, and what I discovered is that the scripts are apparently stored in an SQLite database file located at:

C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[ID].default\storage\default\moz-extension+++[GUID]\idb\[Number]gyreekansoem.sqlite

I then proceeded to open the database file using a tool called DB Browser for SQLite. Inside the database, the GreaseMonkey user scripts appear to be stored within the object_data table under the data field. The data format is unfortunately not plain text, so I am not sure how exactly to fetch the JavaScript directly from this database field.

Clink

Wow, these Firefox WebExtensions have made Greasemonkey even more painful to use than I expected. Ranting at the embedded script editor, I thought "no problem, I'll just go to the gm_script directory and use my editor, as usual"… and here I am. Thanks for investigating. – Wingspread

This and other Greasemonkey limitations given by API changes in Firefox 57 and above are officially described at greasespot.net/2017/09/greasemonkey-4-for-script-authors.html. – Throne

More info regarding recovery can be found at groups.google.com/g/greasemonkey-users/c/3Om1PUbeZzA?pli=1 and at randomizd.blogspot.com/2019/05/… – Lowercase

Answer 2

If you just need to export all the userscripts, there's a menu item called Export a backup... in the current version of Greasemonkey (tested with version 4.8). This exports all the scripts' folders and files into a ZIP file.

Amnesia