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Firefox cannot save my profile, requires I create a new profile each startup (Mac 10.6.5)

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I installed Firefox's newest version for Mac. Since then, Firefox demands that I create a new profile each time I start the program. It cannot find the profiles created each time I've opened the program.

I installed Firefox's newest version for Mac. Since then, Firefox demands that I create a new profile each time I start the program. It cannot find the profiles created each time I've opened the program.

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cor-el
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This can be a problem with the file profiles.ini that Firefox uses to register a (new) profile.

Try to delete or move the file profiles.ini

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Files_and_folders_outside_the_profile_folder