Passwords disappeared after system reinstallation
Recently I reinstalled my Windows 11 system, and even though I synced my Firefox account before reinstalling the system, there are no passwords, settings and extensions, which should be synced.
I searched for the same problem, but all I could find was searching for profile files in C:\Windows.old
The issue is I do not have Windows.old folder or anything like that.
Is there any way to recover at least my passwords?
Thanks in advance for help.
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Just to rule-out the obvious first, have you logged into your account on the new installation of Firefox? If so are you sure you used the same e-mail address as when you synced the old one?
thepillenwerfer said
Just to rule-out the obvious first, have you logged into your account on the new installation of Firefox? If so are you sure you used the same e-mail address as when you synced the old one?
Yes, I logged into the same account. I even hit the "Sync" button before reinstalling the system.
In that case it SHOULD have worked but obviously hasn't.
The thing about c:\Windows.old applied to Windows XP and Vista certainly but has obviously changed at some point since. As I've never used anything newer than Vista I'm afraid I can't suggest anything else.
However for future reference you can manually back-up your passwords. Go to about:logins and then click the three dots at the top right. Under that is an option to Export Passwords. That saves than as a .csv file which you could copy to an SD card or something and then re-import them after re-installing Windows. You can do something similar with your Bookmarks from Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks.
I accept this isn't any use to you now but may be useful in future or to other people reading this.
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