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Since transfering to a new PC (Windows 8) all my Bookmarks & options settings keep reverting to the initial "Defaults" whenever I restart

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Since transferring to a new PC (Windows 8) all my Bookmarks & options settings keep reverting to the initial "Defaults" whenever I restart. This affects all my Bookmarks; Menu Bar settings; Add-on settings; history; Home Page et al In fact everything

Since transferring to a new PC (Windows 8) all my Bookmarks & options settings keep reverting to the initial "Defaults" whenever I restart. This affects all my Bookmarks; Menu Bar settings; Add-on settings; history; Home Page et al In fact everything

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cor-el
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What files did you transfer to the new computer?

It sounds that there is a problem with the file that stores the preferences.

Delete possible user.js and numbered prefs-##.js files and rename (or delete) the prefs.js file to reset all prefs to the default value including prefs set via user.js and prefs that are no longer supported in the current Firefox release.

You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:

Modified by cor-el