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After updating to Firefox 9 I have lost all my Bookmarks and Add ons

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hmatthews
hmatthews
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Firefox updated it's self to version 9.0.1. When I opened Firefox all my bookmarks and add ons where gone.

I have searched the help section with no help.

Firefox updated it's self to version 9.0.1. When I opened Firefox all my bookmarks and add ons where gone. I have searched the help section with no help.

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Hasan
Hasan
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Perform the suggestions mentioned in the following article:

Check and tell if its working.

Also, Update All your Firefox Plugins -> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

  • When Downloading Plugins Update setup files, Remove Checkmark from Downloading other Optional Softwares with your Plugins (e.g. Toolbars, McAfee, Google Chrome, etc.)
vardak
vardak
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useless response....

cor-el
cor-el
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A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.

See also:

vardak
vardak
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cor-el,

This turned out to be the root cause for my problem. Simply renamed the places.sqlite.corrupt file to places.sqlite and my profile (including bookmarks) worked again. Thanks!

By the way, I first noticed that something was wrong with my _profile_ when, in addition to lost bookmarks, I noticed that I couldn't create _new_ bookmarks. Also was not able to restore bookmarks from a backup .json file. So I created a new profile, and was able to restore the bookmarks from the original profile's backup. That led me to exploring your suggestion. Thanks again!