Arggggh! This has happened to me several times and it's traumatic as hell. This thread helped me get them back once:
Close Firefox. Open Task Manager (ctrl-alt-del) and look in the 'processes' list and if you find 'firefox.exe' then highlight it and click on 'end task'.
Now go:
Start > run, and type in: firefox.exe -p
That is firefox.exep
That should launch Profile Manager and you should see TWO profiles listed. The original 'default' one has all your old settings. Delete the new one you created and launch with the old one.
If the above path doesn't launch Profile Manager, you may need to enter it as follows instead:
Start > run > firefox.exe -ProfileManager
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I am looking for an extension to automatically backup my bookmarks, but haven't gotten lucky yet. In the meantime, I'm going to the file (application data/mozilla/firefox/profile/...) every few days and making a copy. I hate losing bookmarks!
Yikes!
Close Firefox.
Open Task Manager (ctrl-alt-del) and look in the 'processes' list and if you find 'firefox.exe' then highlight it and click on 'end task'.
Now go:
Start > run, and type in: firefox.exe -p
That is firefox.exep
That should launch Profile Manager and you should see TWO profiles listed. The original 'default' one has all your old settings. Delete the new one you created and launch with the old one.
If the above path doesn't launch Profile Manager, you may need to enter it as follows instead:
Start > run > firefox.exe -ProfileManager
*****
I am looking for an extension to automatically backup my bookmarks, but haven't gotten lucky yet. In the meantime, I'm going to the file (application data/mozilla/firefox/profile/...) every few days and making a copy. I hate losing bookmarks!