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All of my previous security exceptions disappeared when I upgraded Firefox and I have NO list of what they were; how do I get them back?

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I was pestered to death by Firefox to upgrade to 12.0. I am really sorry I did. I lost all my Security Exceptions. Tools > Options > Security > Exceptions All of my previous security exceptions disappeared when I upgraded Firefox. They are gone and I have NO list of what they were. Is there ant way to bring them back?

I was pestered to death by Firefox to upgrade to 12.0. I am really sorry I did. I lost all my Security Exceptions. Tools > Options > Security > Exceptions All of my previous security exceptions disappeared when I upgraded Firefox. They are gone and I have NO list of what they were. Is there ant way to bring them back?

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The security exceptions that allow other sites to install software?

Which version did you have before -- 3.6.x or Firefox 11?

I don't know whether you regularly back up your computer, but if you have a backup of your Firefox profile folder, then that data should be in there. If you can locate a backup copy of permissions.sqlite, you could use a utility to extract the list. (Or find a volunteer here to assist you with that.)


By the way, did your pop-up exceptions and image exceptions carry over? You can check those under Tools > Options > Content.

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer