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Lost profile after Linux upgrade from 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS.

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Upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This forcibly converted Firefox to a "Snap" version. The new version won't find or use any of the old profile information. So I've lost all my passwords.

about:profiles shows only the newly created default profile.

Old profiles still exist in '~/.mozilla/firefox/####.default-release' but about:config does not find them.

Read https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update Not helpful.

I can find old versions of login-backup.json and key4.db. , but they seem to be out of date.

Upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This forcibly converted Firefox to a "Snap" version. The new version won't find or use any of the old profile information. So I've lost all my passwords. about:profiles shows only the newly created default profile. Old profiles still exist in ''''''~/.mozilla/firefox/####.default-release'''''' but about:config does not find them. Read '''https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update''' Not helpful. I can find old versions of '''login-backup.json''' and '''key4.db. ''', but they seem to be out of date.

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cor-el
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The snap version uses a different location path for the profile folder.

You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).

You can find the full installer of the current Firefox release (103.0.2) in all languages and all operating systems here: