How to move profiles.ini in firefox

I need move profiles.ini to D:\backupfirefox
i use mklink to move profiles.ini
But i have error. When i run firefox.exe, firefox will create new profiles
How to fix it. I need move profiles.ini. I need backup list folder profile

If you do not want to use the profiles.ini file then you can use a desktop shortcut with an absolute path is it instead of the profile name that needs to be registered in the profiles.ini file.
Note that you can't launch Firefox by clicking a link in an external application because that will use the profiles.ini file, so Firefox needs to be started and running without a possible -no-remote command line switch before you can click links elsewhere.
*https://developer.mozilla.org/Command_Line_Options
Firefox will always look for the profiles.ini file in the default profile location in "%AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\" and you can't change that location.

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<pre><nowiki>[General]
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Path=Profiles/2dzy4k7u.default
Default=1</nowiki></pre>
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
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