Firefox user changed...I need urgent help!!

[sameer0807]

Hello,

I had very important bookmarks on firefox browser.....i don't know what happened but the firefox user is changed.....I mean i had the default user for firefox, which had all the imp. bookmarks...but now the user is changed....all bookmarks are gone....

How can i get my default user back? Where are my bookmarks? Are they still safe?

Please help me........those bookmarks are extremly important for me!

[100%]

goto
C:\Documents and Settings\*user name*\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
youll probably find two weird named folders in there
in one of them should be your original bookmarks.html
open them in firerfox to see if they are the correct ones - then you could simply import them into the other user profile.

[sameer0807]

goto
C:\Documents and Settings\*user name*\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
youll probably find two weird named folders in there
in one of them should be your original bookmarks.html
open them in firerfox to see if they are the correct ones - then you could simply import them into the other user profile.


hi,
I don't have folder "Application" in C:\Documents and Settings\*user name*\

[Guillaume]

It's a hidden file, you've got to enable seeing them in Control Panel>Folder Options>View.

[Filliz]

I've had this happen to me too a couple of times.
Very annoying.
For no reason I get a message like "This profile is already in use by someone else.Would you like to create a new profile?"
Ofcourse not :dry: so I click no.Then when firefox starts up the skin,bookmarks,...all gone.

The only way I found to solve it was to do a reboot.

Still don't know why Firefox told me my default profile was already in use though. :huh:

[Guillaume]

This usually happens when there are two instances of FF running at the same time, look in your taskmgr and close them all.

[sameer0807]

goto
C:\Documents and Settings\*user name*\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
youll probably find two weird named folders in there
in one of them should be your original bookmarks.html
open them in firerfox to see if they are the correct ones - then you could simply import them into the other user profile.

It's a hidden file, you've got to enable seeing them in Control Panel>Folder Options>View.

thank you so much guys!!!!!

[100%]

This usually happens when there are two instances of FF running at the same time, look in your taskmgr and close them all.

That's is the trick
just goto taskbar, right clik clik taskmanager (or Ctrl Alt Delete) - processes
just end process on firefox.exe
then rerun firefox

I only get this very rarelly

[Filliz]

Thanks.
Will keep it in mind for when it happens again. :)

[tesco]

When that happens (the thing pops up saying account is in use) just click exit/close/canel/whatever it says (firefox then closes) and reopen firefox...it will work fine teh second time. ;)

[Filliz]

When that happens (the thing pops up saying account is in use) just click exit/close/canel/whatever it says (firefox then closes) and reopen firefox...it will work fine teh second time. ;)

Nope.
That didn't work for me.
Tried it a couple of times before I decided to reboot

[tesco]

Nope.
That didn't work for me.
Tried it a couple of times before I decided to reboot
works for me. :huh:
although i haven't had it in a while, maybe i'm forgetting something...
maybe you have to close a firefox.exe process in task manager. :unsure: