Diaboli Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 This is the second time this has happened now i started my firefox its reset to factory defaults..my adddons are here but the profile and everything mysteriously dissapeared any way to recover this or is it time to find a reliable browser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 6, 2007 Veteran Share Posted February 6, 2007 Your links and other settings are stored in (assuming Windows here): C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\ It could very well be you are having file corruption issues, but I have not seen this using Firefox in Linux or Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diaboli Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 its blank it saved my passwords, addons, themes, everything just lost bookmarks luckily i backup regularly and the only new bookmarks i remember so got em again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawn Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Decent browser: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx Lol, couldn't help myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diaboli Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Decent browser:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx Lol, couldn't help myself im proll gonna get opera or just keep letting bookmark backup do its magic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacer Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 IE, especially IE7, is a horrible browser. I still have no idea why people like version 7, it's slow and the UI is terrible. @OP: it's a file corruption issue. FF went nuts for me too, and once I uninstalled and then reinstalled, it hasn't happened since. Opera is a great browser too, good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cryton Subscriber² Posted February 6, 2007 Subscriber² Share Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) I suspect your localstore.rdf has become corrupt loosing your search engines, bookmarks, in which case http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customiz...eset_on_startup But if that's not it.. Firefox might have made a new profile for you for some reason. Change it back to the old one with http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_manager Or just your bookmarks have gone fishcake, so get them back with http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks Edited February 6, 2007 by Cryton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 6, 2007 Veteran Share Posted February 6, 2007 http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.htmlOh god... That site was spammed here a while ago, its creator/promoter (he went under many aliases) has been banned from several sites.That site cherry-picks absurd statements (like "Firefox is bug free") and "proves" them false. A worthless site. Look at the products and evaluate them for yourself, based on merits - not what some random lunatic posts in a forum that states "Firefox was handed to earth by an advanced race of aliens". EDIT: It seems his site still makes the absurd claim that: Legal Notice - Reproduction of this page in whole or in part is strictly forbidden. This guide and ALL versions thereof are protected by copyright under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Feel free to link to this Guide. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZRecovery Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 MozBackup Very easy. /EZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhnz Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Get the FEBE extension! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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