mozilla Fire fox

sheraz2

hi all

i hope someone can help

yesterday when i opened mozilla firefox a new dialogue appeared and it said something about profile or something on that line and would now let me select the default one so i created a new one well thats what i think happened.

anyway now mozilla starts up but all my settings have gone its like a new install of mozilla and my bookmarks and extensions have gone any advice would be appreciated

i tried the mozilla help but hat wasnt much help

thanks in advance
if there is a way of getting to my bookmarks that would also help.

marka87uk

Have a look under -

C:\Documents and Settings\YOURUSERNAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

In there should be the folders for the profiles, and inside them is a bookmarks.html file which can be imported back (or move it to the new profile folder).

You should also be able to move back any extensions also from the 'extensions' folder inside it.

smcicr

that has occasionally happened to me - usually after FF has suffered an unpleasant exit, when i reload it i get the dialogue box you mention. the way i avoid it is to cancel that dialogue and then log off (don't have to restart) and log back on to windows again. that seems to sort it out and it loads properly again.

however, sounds like you have created a new profile - see here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager for a way of accessing the profile manager for FF and deleting the new profile and switching back to your original one.

sra

Shut down Firefox completely

In the start menu, select Run.

paste "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p into the box

This will give you access to the profile manager. Firefox always opens with the last profile selected in the manager.


For quicker access to the profile manager in the future:

Make a copy of the Firefox bookmark

rename it 'Profile Manager'

In it's properties, change "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" to "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p

From now on, this bookmark will open the Profile Manager (Have to close Firefox fully first)

hth

sheraz2

will give thesea whirl when i get home

thanks everyone