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zenbabe

03-19-2005 10:36 PM

Firefox Help!! HEP ME HEP ME!

Ok, so I don't know what I did, but all my bookmarks are gone, some little thing popped up and said I had to make a new default or something so I think that's what I did, but how do I get the old one back!??!?!??!

HEP ME!!!! :(

Simage

03-19-2005 11:03 PM

sounds like you opened a second instance of firefox while one was running forcing it to create a new profile... or it lost the default profile some how. let me do some looking... I'll see what I can find

Hyakujo's Fox

03-19-2005 11:07 PM

I think they are kept in

C:\Documents and Settings\your name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\imtopsau.default\boo kmarks.html

There is also a bookmarks.bak file in that directory, a back up presumably, I don't know of what, but it's anothe HTML file.

shmitty

03-19-2005 11:08 PM

Try control+alt+delete and under you Task Manager checkyour "processes" tab NOT the "applications" tab. Then find the process called "firefox" and press "end process". When it asks you if you are sure press "yes". Then run firefox again and you should be ok. If you started a new profile when you start Firefox again it will probably be on the new profile you created unless your old profile was selected as default. If it comes up and you still don't have your bookmarks then close all firefox windows. Again check the processes to make sure firefox is not running any more and then copy the shortcut to firefox and paste it somewhere. Open the properties for the new shortcut and modify the "target" section and add "-profile" minus the quotes to it. Run that shortcut and select your old profile. That should do it. If not, just leave another message and I'll see what I can do.

Simage

03-19-2005 11:21 PM

from the mozillazine forums ...

Quote:

OK: That was the 'hanging' firefox.exe 'process' still running on your system. Do the following:

Close Firefox.
Open Task Manager (ctrl-alt-del) and look in the 'processes' list and if you find 'firefox.exe' then highlight it and click on 'end task'.

Now go:

Start > run, and type in: firefox.exe -p

That is firefox.exep

That should launch Profile Manager and you should see TWO profiles listed. The original 'default' one has all your old settings. Delete the new one you created and launch with the old one.

If the above path doesn't launch Profile Manager, you may need to enter it as follows instead:

Start > run > firefox.exe -ProfileManager

If ever you get asked, out of the blue, to create a new Profile, don't. Just do the 'Task Manager' thing above and you can launch normally.

Good luck. Smile

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1043872

zenbabe

03-20-2005 05:46 AM

thanks guys! :)

I will try these when I get back home!!

zenbabe

03-20-2005 09:56 PM

YAYAYAYYAYAYAY!!

SUCESS!!

doing run/firefox.exe -p worked!!! Thank you so so much!!

*sloppy kisses* :D

Simage

03-20-2005 10:25 PM

uhm.... you have a wife you're making jealous here....

zenbabe

03-20-2005 10:43 PM

haha, sorry!

It doesn't count as cheating if it is over the internet!! :cool:

Simage

03-21-2005 01:34 AM

some how I don't think she sees it quite that way :)

Zaftig

03-21-2005 01:37 AM

Hey, if I were jealous it would only be because Sim was gettin' all the luvin's from Zen and not me! ;)

Simage

03-21-2005 01:39 AM

hey... you just had your chance... turn... share... whatever you want to call it....

don't get greedy now... theres plenty of me to go around :)

zenbabe

03-21-2005 02:16 AM

oooohhhhhhhhh zaf baby, come over here and give me some tounge!

you can watch sim ;)

Simage

03-21-2005 02:40 AM

lol.... you think you could stop me if you tried?? :-P

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