95% of my extensions removed after upgrading to Dissenter 0.69

[cemerson]

Description

I had 10+ extensions (many with config/settings I've now lost) that are now gone after installing Dissenter 0.69 from 0.65. LastPass and Acrobat are still here but everything else is gone (Stylebot, bit.ly shortener, and 10+ more)

Steps to Reproduce

No idea if it's consistent. But I had 10+ extensions installed in Dissenter all working fine for months - then I closed Dissenter and installed a new version of Dissenter and now 95% of my extensions and their data is gone. So I guess to try reproducing install 10+ extensions in Dissenter, then reinstall or upgrade Dissenter. Then relaunch and see if your extensions are still there.

Actual result:

All but 2 of my extensions were still there after the upgrade of Dissenter.

Expected result:

All my extensions and their data should still be there after upgrading Dissenter.

Reproduces how often:

No idea ... I may never upgrade again now.

Brave version (brave://version info)

Version 0.69.132 Chromium: 77.0.3865.90 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Miscellaneous Information:

Odd things I noticed just now

1. When I add new extensions now the button says "Add to Brave" not "Add to Dissenter". Did it always say Brave here? I wonder if that's a clue to what happened here? But my app icon is the Dissenter icon?

2. When I go into Dissenter settings I see this message: "Some settings were reset
   Dissenter detected that some of your settings were corrupted by another program and reset them to their original defaults. Learn more"

Some of my extensions:

• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mobileresponsive-web-desi/elmekokodcohlommfikpmojheggnbelo
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus-free-ad-bloc/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylebot/oiaejidbmkiecgbjeifoejpgmdaleoha
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorpick-eyedropper/ohcpnigalekghcmgcdcenkpelffpdolg
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/president-trump-google-do/cdofmphpjllbdpmkcomdcoinfhndiild
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg

[freespeech4ever]

Sorry... this was related to the latest version being a total re-write of the process that converts Brave to Dissenter... your user settings folder has changed. It's possible to save it (by renaming the folder), but I had not recognized the issue before shipping. Will update this later with the path names, I'm not in front of a PC at the moment.

[freespeech4ever]

Added instructions to the last windows build on how to find and rename the user data folder: https://apps.gab.com/application/5d3f93a29dd49a5b1d9fc27f/resource/5d9804076827cd639c3eeae5