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Firefox crashed and deleted my history and MY TABS

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THIS IS SO STUPID! IM PISSED TO MY LIMIT! why does firefox crash randomly then delets my HISTORY and my tabs history ?! i just loose like 1 hour of research for my uni . its RIDICULOUS! I googled all the solution to get them back none works because it wiped all my history list in the folders too! . Might as well go chrome

THIS IS SO STUPID! IM PISSED TO MY LIMIT! why does firefox crash randomly then delets my HISTORY and my tabs history ?! i just loose like 1 hour of research for my uni . its RIDICULOUS! I googled all the solution to get them back none works because it wiped all my history list in the folders too! . Might as well go chrome

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Modified by shehan

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If you have sync, and there is a problem anywhere, Shut Down Sync Immediately On All Devices to prevent the problem from spreading. Once the problem is fixed, perform the same repair on all computers/profiles before using sync again.


[v57+] Places Maintenance is built into Firefox.

Type about:support<enter> in the address bar.

You will find Places Database near the bottom. Press the Verify Integrity button.

When done, copy and post the results here.

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In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP- in front of the numbers/letters, click it to submit them.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most recent 7 - 10 Submitted crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box and paste them in.

aboutcrashesFx57

For more help on crash reports, see; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-crashes-asking-support

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