Note that you need profiles.ini or otherwise register a copied profile by editing profiles.ini or by creating a new profile and use "Choose Folder" to let Firefox use this profile. You can restore a recent backup from the bookmarkbackups folder to get the bookmarks stord in the backup. *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them You can copy certain files with Firefox closed from one profile folder to the current profile folder to recover your personal data. Note that best is to avoid restoring a full profile folder and only restore important files that are safe to restore/transfer. *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data <hr> *bookmarks and history: places.sqlite *favicons: favicons.sqlite *bookmark backups: compressed .jsonlz4 JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder *cookies.sqlite for the Cookies *formhistory.sqlite for saved autocomplete Form Data *logins.json (encrypted logins) and key4.db (encryption key/primary password) for logins saved in the Password Manager *cert9.db for certificates stored in the Certificate Manager *persdict.dat for words added to the spell checker dictionary *permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other website specific data (Site Preferences) *sessionstore.jsonlz4 for open tabs and pinned tabs (see also the sessionstore-backups folder)