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restore old profile from location folder? or at least getting my bookmarks back?

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hello, after a windows update i opened firefox and it started like a new install, i lost bookmarks and plugins and passwords. I got my profile folder (modification date before win update) thinking all my information is there. Can restore it? or at least... getting my bookmarks back?

hello, after a windows update i opened firefox and it started like a new install, i lost bookmarks and plugins and passwords. I got my profile folder (modification date before win update) thinking all my information is there. Can restore it? or at least... getting my bookmarks back?

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Hi,

You can try to overwrite these files from the backup into the current Firefox Profile Folder after exiting Firefox: places.sqlite for bookmarks + history, bookmarksbackup folder for just the dated bookmarks Restore feature via Bookmarks (Alt + B) > Show All Bookmarks > Import and Backup, key3.db + siqnons.sqlite for the saved passwords etc. The installed plugins are automatically detected by Firefox and are shown in Tools (Alt + T) > Add-ons > Plugins.

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Hi,

You can try to overwrite these files from the backup into the current Firefox Profile Folder after exiting Firefox: places.sqlite for bookmarks + history, bookmarksbackup folder for just the dated bookmarks Restore feature via Bookmarks (Alt + B) > Show All Bookmarks > Import and Backup, key3.db + siqnons.sqlite for the saved passwords etc. The installed plugins are automatically detected by Firefox and are shown in Tools (Alt + T) > Add-ons > Plugins.

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thank you for replaying

I found the bookmarks file as a .json, couldn´t find the places.sqlite but still got them. i opened and checked the file and all my bookmarks appeared there. I replaced the other files for my passwords and plugins and it worked real nice. Thanks a lot for your help

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You are welcome :)