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maurylen
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January 8, 2012 - 2:32 am
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you there OzBloke?

Hi Jim, more trouble with Firefox, this time the Bookmarks have disappeared and i can't get any backups to install - thought I'd create a new profile, but -  firefox.exe -p - doesn't seem to work - am I on the right track? - cheers, Maurylen

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January 8, 2012 - 3:46 pm
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Hey Maurylen - Happy new year!

Which backups are you trying to restore; the backups automatically created by Firefox or backups you have created and saved yourself?

firefox.exe -p will not work properly if Firefox is running. Make sure there are no instances of Firefox running and then try again - does it work okay now?

Get back to me with the answers and we'll take it from there.

Cheers...Jim

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January 8, 2012 - 4:59 pm
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Morning Jim,

well that was easy!  shut ALL firefox down, got to Profile Manager and deleted back to the one created last time we connected - the backups were of bookmarks which are now reinstated, many thanks - looked up the FF help pages and seems things like bookmarks sometimes just disappear??? - kinda weird, no worries seems that profile manager is the answer - till next time, thanks  Maurylen

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January 8, 2012 - 6:23 pm
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Good morning to you too Maurylen. Smile

Glad to hear you sorted it out - good one!!

Yes, FF is prone to weird issues. Seems the rapid release program doesn't allow time for proper testing and we (the users) are the guinea pigs. I had an instance where all my add-on icons completely disappeared, creating a new profile solved that one too.

You're most wecome,

Cheers...Jim

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