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Closed Firefox. When restarted all history, bookmarks gone and backup button does not work. Help

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loudorx
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I closed Firefox. When I restarted it, it did not ask me to restore session and all the history and bookmarks were gone. The backup arrow button does not work. When I went to the options to reload the backup it gave me a list of 5 backup date. When I tried to restore any of the, the message the the backup file could not be used. Help

I closed Firefox. When I restarted it, it did not ask me to restore session and all the history and bookmarks were gone. The backup arrow button does not work. When I went to the options to reload the backup it gave me a list of 5 backup date. When I tried to restore any of the, the message the the backup file could not be used. Help

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

danny74
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Newer versions of firefox aren’t as stable as the older ones (unfortunately). Fox has let me down soooobad…. My solution: uninstall (removing EVERYTHING), reinstall, restore from backup***. Anything else didn’t work :(, cost me 3h :(

      • No backup? well, lesson learned, next time you will remember to make one.