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Passwords & Bookmarks

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clivebarrie1
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Firefox automatically updated today & all my Bookmarks, History & all my Passwords have disappeared & i have searched everywhere on my PC & cant find them. I am desperate to restore them. I have followed instructions on Firefox to no avail. Where are to passwords, History, Bookmarks stored on my PC, bookmarks i can possibly get by without finding the old ones but i need my passwords & history. My Firefox settings still say Save History but since the update no history prior to today 5/07/21. PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP.

Firefox automatically updated today & all my Bookmarks, History & all my Passwords have disappeared & i have searched everywhere on my PC & cant find them. I am desperate to restore them. I have followed instructions on Firefox to no avail. Where are to passwords, History, Bookmarks stored on my PC, bookmarks i can possibly get by without finding the old ones but i need my passwords & history. My Firefox settings still say Save History but since the update no history prior to today 5/07/21. PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP.

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FredMcD
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Look on your desktop. Do you see a folder called; Old Firefox? Look inside. Look for the folder with the latest creation date.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update

FredMcD
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Navigating_to_the_profile_folder

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles


Type about:profiles<enter> in the address bar. How many profiles are listed? How many should be there? Also, open the profile folder in your file explorer.


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update