Small Firefox problem.. (1 Viewer)

[Lainee]

Something strange happened yesterday - I turned my comp on and tried opening Firefox, but got this window where I had to choose a 'profile' (I think, I can't remember what it was called!).

'default' which was the only one avaliable didn't work because it said that 'it was already in use' or something along those lines, so I made another profile and clicked ok. I thought it had worked for a minute before I realised all my bookmarks were gone and my themes and extentions.

Basically, I have no idea how to get back to 'default'. Can anyone help me out with this?

 

[fatmuscle]

sorry, not aware of this feature. not that i've had a good look at firefox.
this may be a feature in the recently new release?

may i ask which version?

 

[redslert]

it's a standard feature, been with firefox ever since it came out
it mainly pops up when there is a major error in the profiles or some of the settings were corrupted, eg a sudden "end task" of firefox

your bookmarks should still be in your computer

C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR COMPUTER USER NAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\mg9upm4k.default\bookmarks.html

all firefox bookmarks are stored in a single bookmarks.html file
the "mg9upm4k.default" <--- name is randomly generated so it might be different for your computer

the "Application Data" folder is hidden you might have to change your folder settings to see it

 

[sladehk]

Or you can re-install if even that doesn't work

 

[ReaveR]

I found updating got rid of this problem for me

 

[jm1234567890]

This can happen if firefox closes suddenly and the process is still running. When you go to start it back up, the default profile is already in use because the original process still has control over it.

Killing the process should do the trick, or if you start firefox in 'safe mode' from Start > Programs > .. et cetera.

yeah, thats right.

to kill the process:

<crtl-alt-delete>
task manager
processes
look for firefox
end process

 

[malkin86]

If you look in your profiles folder, you should be able to find backups of everything.. Search the mozillazine forums for more detail: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38 .

There is a new version of Firefox available, which may fix some other bugs in Firefox.