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Firefox Reset

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Today after having to restart my system Firefox decided to reset itself back to default and remove all my bookmarks-add-ons and my entire history. I'm not happy with this as all,as it's the second time in a week it's pulled this,so how can I stop it from doing this,as I'd prefer not to have to redo all my settings on a weekly basis?

Today after having to restart my system Firefox decided to reset itself back to default and remove all my bookmarks-add-ons and my entire history. I'm not happy with this as all,as it's the second time in a week it's pulled this,so how can I stop it from doing this,as I'd prefer not to have to redo all my settings on a weekly basis?

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Hi, using Iobit software is a good way to keep doing it weekly.

Your Video Card Drivers for : adapterDescription: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 shows a error : featureLog: {u'fallbacks': [{u'message': u'Unsupported by driver', u'name': u'NO_CONSTANT_BUFFER_OFFSETTING'}

The rest of the information on your drivers is really good. It can cause issues as Firefox loves nice drivers so it can render what you want. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

Suggest backup and it will not be as bad a deal when it does happen :

Check Windows Event Viewer and see what went on at the time Firefox Refreshed, if any thing or if there is something there to figure out.

A clean install of all Firefox program files might be good : uninstall Firefox. Then Delete the Mozilla Firefox Folders in C:\Program Files , C:\Program Files(x86) & C:\ProgramData Then restart system. Then run Windows Disk Cleanup. (Note: This should be Pinned and run Weekly, If never done below expect 10's of gig's(WIn10) Then run it again and click the button that says Cleanup System Files. Note: your Firefox Profile is saved. Reinstall with Current Release Firefox 61.0.2 with a Full Version Installer

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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There was some kind or error with Windows Loading when this happened as Windows "failed to load" properly which I restarted the system. Also looking at my Firefox crash reports at around the same time there was a report on which the signature was IPCError-browser | ShutDownKill. I have no idea what that driver message means,as all my drivers are up-to-date as on this week. Also somehow looking at my Firefox Profiles folders I have no fewer than 4 profiles listed,if that's contributing to the problem.

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