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restore backup profile, profile wants a password

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timtrimble
timtrimble
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both thunderbird and firefox have mozbackups. renamed *.zip when i try to copy the files, it wants a password. have no clue why or what is the password. Is the data storeed on c drive or or on the progam drive i use

both thunderbird and firefox have mozbackups. renamed *.zip when i try to copy the files, it wants a password. have no clue why or what is the password. Is the data storeed on c drive or or on the progam drive i use

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timtrimble
timtrimble Question owner
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version 1.4.1 works!!! mozbackup 1.5.1 is screwed up

JayGarcia
JayGarcia
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Sounds like you may inadvertently password protected the backup. Try emailing the author. I have been using MozBackup since the beginning and never ran across that issue.