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How do I import a profile made from MozBackup into Firefox?

AnonymousUser
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I recently used MozBackup to get all my stuff from my old PC to my new one. Now I have a .pcv file that I can't open. What should I do with it?

I recently used MozBackup to get all my stuff from my old PC to my new one. Now I have a .pcv file that I can't open. What should I do with it?

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the-edmeister
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Sorry, never used that program myself. See the Mozbackup support page: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/support.php

There's an instructional PDF that can be downloaded from the instructions link in the 2nd sentence on that page.

cor-el
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AFAIK then a .pcv file is a regular ZIP archive. If that archive is not corrupted then you should be able to open the file with a ZIP archive manager like 7-ZIP or WinZip.