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Firefox crashed and now all of my settings are gone

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jamesparker
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I have lost everything. The toolbar is gone, all of my quick links to favorite websites are gone. My setting for home page is gone.

I have lost everything. The toolbar is gone, all of my quick links to favorite websites are gone. My setting for home page is gone.

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prestontoborg
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We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

  1. Enter about:crashes in the Firefox address bar and press Enter. A Submitted Crash Reports list will appear, similar to the one shown below.
  2. Copy the 5 most recent Report IDs that start with bp- and then go back to your forum question and paste those IDs into the "Post a Reply" box.

Note: If a recent Report ID does not start with bp- click on it to submit the report.

(Please don't take a screenshot of your crashes, just copy and paste the IDs. The below image is just an example of what your Firefox screen should look like.)

aboutcrashesFx29

Thank you for your help!

More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) article.

jamesparker
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bp-3eb6359d-31bf-423f-9418-e6c012161210 12/10/2016 1:18 PM bp-e03c2fc8-acff-4f30-82c6-4561b2161210 12/10/2016 1:18 PM bp-33e25fed-1c48-43c3-8c8f-51f7a2161210 12/10/2016 1:18 PM bp-62925b65-8ec7-4fa9-9b69-91e7d2161210 12/10/2016 1:18 PM bp-af952bfa-6412-4ea1-acb4-f53a42160912 9/12/2016 4:45 PM

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cor-el
cor-el
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Do you have an "Old Firefox Data" folder on the desktop in case Firefox created a new Firefox profile folder?

When the refresh feature in Firefox is used then a new profile is created and some personal data (bookmarks and history, form data, tabs) is automatically imported. The current profile folder will be moved to an "Old Firefox Data" folder on the desktop. Installed extensions and other customizations (toolbars, prefs) that you have made are lost and need to be redone.

It is possible to recover data from the "Old Firefox Data" folder on the desktop, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over problems.

You can copy files like these to the current Firefox profile folder to recover specific data.

  • bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
  • bookmark backups: JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
  • SQLite files like cookies.sqlite (cookies) and formhistory.sqlite (saved form data)
  • logins.json and key3.db (decryption key) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
  • cert8.db and possibly cert_override.txt for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
  • persdict.dat for words you added to the spelling checker dictionary
  • permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other Site Preferences
  • sessionstore.js for open tabs and pinned tabs and tab groups