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My Firefox browser is not opening. It says "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible." Please help.

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I'm using Windows 7 OS. While browsing using Firefox web browser, suddenly it crashed.

I tried to reopen it. But it didn't open. I tried doing this several times.

Then I uninstalled it, and again installed latest version of Firefox. The same thing happened.

Whenever I try o open Firefox, the msg-box says, "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible."

Please help...!!!

I'm using Windows 7 OS. While browsing using Firefox web browser, suddenly it crashed. I tried to reopen it. But it didn't open. I tried doing this several times. Then I uninstalled it, and again installed latest version of Firefox. The same thing happened. Whenever I try o open Firefox, the msg-box says, "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible." Please help...!!!

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A likely cause is a problem with the profiles.ini file and the profile marked as Default=1 in this file is no longer present on the hard drive.

You can use one of these to make Firefox create/use a new default profile:

  • Delete the profiles.ini file to force Firefox to create a new default profile
  • Use the Profile Manager to create a new profile
  • Use "Choose Folder" when you create a new profile to select the location of a lost profile and recover this profile
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Hello,

Maybe help:

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Chosen Solution

A likely cause is a problem with the profiles.ini file and the profile marked as Default=1 in this file is no longer present on the hard drive.

You can use one of these to make Firefox create/use a new default profile:

  • Delete the profiles.ini file to force Firefox to create a new default profile
  • Use the Profile Manager to create a new profile
  • Use "Choose Folder" when you create a new profile to select the location of a lost profile and recover this profile
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Thanks a lot......!!!!!!