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Smith
03-15-2006, 12:43 AM
They have all disapered on me, how do I get them back?

Damnatory
03-15-2006, 05:10 AM
The only thing I can think of, which is a rather far fetched idea, is try a system restore point from a couple of days ago... Aside from that I couldn't tell you.

Smith
03-15-2006, 07:40 PM
This has happened before, and I posted on this forum and someone gave me an answer that worked. But I cant find the post.

Anyone else?

Smith
03-15-2006, 07:59 PM
I think I may have accidentally swiched profiles, how do I swich profiles with 1.5?

I cant edit the shortcut....

tesco
03-15-2006, 08:02 PM
You could have found it in search but here's what happened.
Your firefox crashed, but the firefox.exe was still running.
When you opened a new firefox it created a new profile because your old one was in use by the crashed firefox.

To copy your bookmarks over go to
c:\documents and settings\your name\application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
Click each profile until you find the one with your good bookmarks.html, then copy it into the other profile folder...or import it into firefox

twisterX
03-15-2006, 10:37 PM
^ I hate when that happends but if the firefox.exe is running I can't open up firefox untill i terminate it.

Also when you get it back make a backup just in case by going to Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks > File > Export.

tesco
03-16-2006, 07:25 AM
Ya I don't think the profile problem happens anymore since v1.5.
I haven't had it happen to me atleast.

Damnatory
03-16-2006, 09:06 AM
You should also be able to open your task manager and end the process for Firefox, then re-open the application and it will open with the default profile.

Seedler
03-16-2006, 02:26 PM
Haha, I backup my bookmarks occasionally so shit like that don't happen to me.

tesco
03-16-2006, 10:33 PM
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/t113729.html Wrote a guide since this happens a lot. :)

DanB
03-16-2006, 10:41 PM
I wouldn't say it happens a lot, I mean TC is hardly the most savvy pc user

harrycary
03-22-2006, 12:17 AM
I use MozBackup.

It will save your profile, themes and extensions.

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/