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Cant get me profile to reload when it disappeared

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thegeegs
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My Firefox profilel crashed, I guess... I got a message to see if I wanted to create a new one. I located my previous profile and tried to reload it, but it didnt work and I dont know how to get it back... It has all my info, so I need someone to give me the step by step please to "reinstall" it? I know where to find it, just not where I need to put it to put it back. I did a create new and added the profile name, but it didnt bring it up...Help!!


Cant load the information, it keeps saying invalid or missing...its a pdf


HI ALL. havent received ANY replies and I am desperate here...PLEASE HELP!!!

My Firefox profilel crashed, I guess... I got a message to see if I wanted to create a new one. I located my previous profile and tried to reload it, but it didnt work and I dont know how to get it back... It has all my info, so I need someone to give me the step by step please to "reinstall" it? I know where to find it, just not where I need to put it to put it back. I did a create new and added the profile name, but it didnt bring it up...Help!! Cant load the information, it keeps saying invalid or missing...its a pdf HI ALL. havent received ANY replies and I am desperate here...PLEASE HELP!!!

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cor-el
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Is that lost profile still in the default location in "AppData\Roaming" ?

If you can't select/use this profile because it is locked then you can try to rename/remove compatibility.ini in this profile.

thegeegs
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I opened the Mozilla/Firefox profiles in Appsdata It came up as text and said

[Install308046B0AF4A39CB] Default=Profiles/i6dnmfsb.7w1pnjl2.default - release Locked=1

[Profile0] Name=7w1pnjl2.default - release IsRelative=1 Path=Profiles/i6dnmfsb.7w1pnjl2.default - release

[General] Version=2


I think the 7w1 profile was the latest one, but I am not certain... what now?

cor-el
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Looks that you only have the new profile you created in profiles.ini.

Are there profiles present that do not appear in profiles.ini ?

You can use "Choose Folder" to register a lost profile that isn't present in in the Profile Manager.