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# \firefox -P /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini # ## I get: "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible" message window. # \

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Garthur
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# \firefox -P /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini 
# 

## I get: "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible" message window.

# \ls -lap /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini 
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 94 Sep  6  2013 /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini

# \cat /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini 
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=5cr8d1o6.default

# \firefox -v                                     
Mozilla Firefox 29.0
# 

### On Puppy linux (precise 5.7.1)
<pre><nowiki># \firefox -P /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini # ## I get: "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible" message window. # \ls -lap /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 94 Sep 6 2013 /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini # \cat /root/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 [Profile0] Name=default IsRelative=1 Path=5cr8d1o6.default # \firefox -v Mozilla Firefox 29.0 # ### On Puppy linux (precise 5.7.1)</nowiki></pre>

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cor-el
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Do you have the 5cr8d1o6.default profile folder in /root/.mozilla/firefox/ ?

If not then delete the profiles.ini file, so Firefox will create a new profile on use the Profile Manager.

Modified by cor-el