cannot log in on new windows 10 computer with 7 character password
I have a master password I have been using for many years. It is 7 characters long. On a new windows 10 computer, I downloaded firerfox and when I tried to log in, got error that my password needs to be 8 characters.
How can I get it to accept my current 7 character password?
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The master password is for the builtin Lockwise Password Manager that uses the logins.json and key4.db files in the profile folder. It sounds that you try to login to a Firefox Account used for Sync and that is different than Lockwise.
Are you using a Firefox Account Sync account on the old device and are you syncing logins ?
You can copy files like these with Firefox closed to a removable device and transfer them to a profile folder on another device.
- bookmarks and history: places.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 (passwords) and key4.db (58+) (decryption key) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
- cert9.db (58+) for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
if you only have cert8.db then make sure to remove an existing cert9.db - persdict.dat for words you added to the spelling 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)
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The master password is for the builtin Lockwise Password Manager that uses the logins.json and key4.db files in the profile folder. It sounds that you try to login to a Firefox Account used for Sync and that is different than Lockwise.
Are you using a Firefox Account Sync account on the old device and are you syncing logins ?
You can copy files like these with Firefox closed to a removable device and transfer them to a profile folder on another device.
- bookmarks and history: places.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 (passwords) and key4.db (58+) (decryption key) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
- cert9.db (58+) for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
if you only have cert8.db then make sure to remove an existing cert9.db - persdict.dat for words you added to the spelling 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)
See also: