How to do it...

To open an existing profile:

1. Click on Profile in the bottom-right of the status bar, and choose the profile you wish to work with:

2. Choose Edit | Configuration profiles and choose the profile you wish to work with:

To create a new profile:

1. Right-click on the profile area in the status bar, in the bottom-right corner of the Wireshark window, and choose New, or choose Edit | Configuration profiles and choose New.
2. A new directory will be created in the profiles directory:

3. In the profile directory, in this example the Wireless profile, we have the cfilter file, which holds the capture filters; the colorfilters file, which holds the coloring rules; the custom_http_header_fields, which holds HTTP field configuration; and the preferences file, which holds the preference configuration.