Don't load your Firefox profile. May be missing or inaccessible.

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• Error message: unable to load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible

  I know that others have had this problem but none of the validated answers turned out to be viable. When I try to start Firefox, the browser does not open and I see the following message appears: "unable to load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible. "I am running Windows 8.1.

  It's what happened leading up to this problem. I was passing through normally when I received a pop up message that says a threat has been detected, and Mozilla had a security patch that I have to download. This is the expedition of phishing malware believer, I closed the browser and restart the computer without having to download anything. When I restarted the computer, everything was normal and I googled for information on what had just happened, to see if I really needed a security patch. A forum suggested that I already have a virus/malware that caused the popup, and that I should deal with the possibility that updating Firefox. Then I refreshed Firefox, which seemed harmless enough. The update took the time, so I finally closed the window to refresh. Maybe I should let the window update but it was taken way too long - after that it's my problem to start with the error message.

  Since then, I've uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox. I also deleted the profile folder in the hope that it would force the creation of a new folder. Nothing has worked. Someone has suggestions for Firefox run again?

  Thank you!

  Hi jbspear, please press the windows key + r and open: %APPDATA%\protector.exe

  There you should find a folder named "Mozilla". try to rename it to something like "Mozilla.bak" (or delete it if you don't like your old firefox bookmarks, passwords and customizations) and then try to restart firefox...

• I get "failed to load your firefox profile. It may be missing or unreachable. "When I open firefox and when I try to open the Profile Manager.

  I get "failed to load your firefox profile. It may be missing or unreachable. "When I open firefox and when I try to open the Profile Manager.

  OK I don't know what helped me exactly... but that's exactly what I've done so far.

  1 windows-key + r & open '% appdata%\Mozilla '.
  2 right click somewhere on the empty space in this folder, go to properties and make sure all protection read only for containinh the files and folders of
  3. Open firefox (version 13) has not been opened. Error as seen in the screenshot above.
  4 uninstall firefox.
  5. install firefox beta 14.6.
  6. Open firefox, works very well.

  I'm not sure if step 2 has helped as well as of the uninstall and reinstall.

  Thank you once more for the answer.

• Cannot load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible.

  I had downloaded a game, and while he was full I tried to open it in order to play. After I opened my laptop hanged just for long time that I am impatient and decided to restart. Since then, I can't use Mozilla firefox because it does not open, but only displays the text "failed to load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible. ", but since that time, on my desk there was a folder that appeared under the name 'old data firefox' Please help

  You must locate the profiles.ini file and delete this file or use the Profile Manager to create a new profile.

  See:

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/how-run-Firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible

  This problem may be caused by a problem with the profiles.ini file or with the permissions (owner) of the concerned files.

  You can use one of them to retrieve an existing profile or create a new default profile for Firefox:

  • Remove the profiles.ini file to make Firefox create a new profile (default)
  • Use the Profile Manager to create a new profile
    If you have an existing profile, then click on "Choose a folder" in the Profile Manager and navigate to the location of a profile lost to recover this profile
    https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/managing+profiles

  You should find the file profiles.ini in this hidden place:

  • Windows: %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\
    * C:\Users\ < user > \AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\
  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox /.
  • Linux: ~/.mozilla/firefox/

  If the file profiles.ini compensation does not work then also check the location of the cache files.

  • Windows: * C:\Users\ < user > < profile > \AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\.
  • Mac: ~/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/
  • Linux:~/.cache/Mozilla/Firefox/

  You can also try to rename/delete the MozillaFirefox folder in the two above mentioned places (main, cache).

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/managing+profiles
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

• When I try to open firefox, it says "cannot load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible. » ?

  The reason why I deleted my firefox profile on my MAC and uninstalled firefox is because it was not appearing in the application menu or the dock and I have found whenever I wanted to use it. I couldn't put it on the dock or anything like that.
  When I downloaded again and tried to start it, there was the error message, "unable to load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible. "And now I can't use it at all.

  You must remove the file profiles.ini so because Firefox registers all the profiles you see in the Profile Manager in this file and delete the file on disk, Firefox will display this error message.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/profiles.ini_file

  Otherwise, you will need to use the Profile Manager to create a new profile.

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/managing+profiles

• I uninstalled Firefox on my computer, then I reinstalled and tried to run, but this message appeared, "failed to load your Firefox profile,"

  I uninstalled Firefox on my computer, then I reinstalled and tried to run, but this message appeared, "failed to load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible"and Firefox does not open.

  I tried press windows key + R on my computer and open %appdata%\Mozilla\ - and rename the folder labeled "Firefox", but he said that "the action cannot be complete because the folder or the file that is open in another program" I didn't open it and try to restart the pc, but still no help

  A likely cause is a problem with the file profiles.ini and the profile marked as the default value = 1 in this file is no longer present on the hard drive.

  • Windows: %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\
    C:\Users\ < user > < profile > \AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\.
  • Linux: ~/.mozilla/firefox/
  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox /.

  You can use one of them to make the Creation/use of a new default profile for Firefox:

  • Remove the profiles.ini file to force Firefox to create a new default profile
  • Use the Profile Manager to create a new profile
  • Use "Choose a folder" when you create a new profile to select the location of a lost profile and recover this profile
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/managing+profiles
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

• Firefox forget profile and says "unable to load Your Firefox profile"

  Win7 64 bit, Firefox 24

  • I have Firefox installed on my drive C. I created a profile on my drive d. (by the way: I also Thunderbird installed on my C drive, with a profile on my C drive; the reason for my Firefox profile to reside on drive D is that it is pretty huge, and the COMPUTER does not)
  • Whenever I restart my computer, Firefox forgets that my profile is on my D drive. I get a warning "cannot load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible.
  • Firefox.exe Pei learns that Firefox created a (inactive) profile called "default".
  • Create a new profile and that points to the profile on my D drive folder solves the problem until the next reboot.
  • Completely remove Firefox and reinstalling has not solved my problem.

  You can try to create a desktop shortcut that starts Firefox via an absolute path to the profile folder.

  • https://developer.Mozilla.org/en/Command_Line_Options
  • "D:\ < path to firefox > \firefox.exe" - profile "profile_path".

• My Firefox browser does not open. It says "cannot load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible. "Help, please.

  I'm using Windows 7 OS.
  While browsing using the Firefox web browser, all of a sudden it crashed it.

  I tried to re-open it. But it did not open. I tried to do this several times.

  Then I uninstalled and yet once installed latest version of Firefox.
  It's the same thing.

  Whenever I try o open Firefox, the msg - box says: "your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible. »

  Help, please...!

  A likely cause is a problem with the file profiles.ini and the profile marked as the default value = 1 in this file is no longer present on the hard drive.

  • Windows: %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\
    C:\Users\ < user > < profile > \AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\.
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

  You can use one of them to make the Creation/use of a new default profile for Firefox:

  • Remove the profiles.ini file to force Firefox to create a new default profile
  • Use the Profile Manager to create a new profile
  • Use "Choose a folder" when you create a new profile to select the location of a lost profile and recover this profile
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/managing+profiles
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

• When I try to use firefox it says "could not load your firefox profile. He is missing or inaccessible. "What can I do to fix this?

  I downloaded Fire fox. When I try to use the browser to go online, a message appears and says. My profile info cannot be loaded. He is missing or inaccessible. What escapes me and what can be done to fix this?

  Hi Rosealee

  You may need to contact Mozilla for further assistance

  http://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/questions

• "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded error - NO HELP HERE SOLUTIONS

  I have a version of MAC OS X 10.7.5. I download firefox and got the message: lack of profile. Cannot load your Firefox profile. It may be missing or inaccessible. I tried everything on the index page and multiple pages on Google about this problem. Nothing has been fixed. I used a program called AppDelete to completely remove the program and reinstall... 3 times. He has not fixed the problem. I happily use other browsers, but a program that I need for my business by error requires Firefox. Before that I eliminate this seller is there anything you can suggest? Or maybe intend to resolve this problem which seems to be prevalent among users of Mac and PC?

  I don't know if it's the same problem, but basically, I reset Firefox settings by default, however when I look for a page (for example, facebook or yahoo) it says "" unable to connect - Firefox can't establish a connection to the server www.google.com".
  It is not satisfied with the Solution Explorer, which allows to me surf freely. I can't find any kind of support team to send to this topic, can someone help me with this? If not, can someone point me in the direction of WHO to ask?
  See you soon

• Message to me-"your firefox profile cannot be loaded.

  It may be missing or inaccessible. "A folder appeared earlier that opened to a list of the profiles that I saved it, but when I followed the instructions to change the name of the default profile, it doesn't always work. Shoul I moved the folder with the profile somewhere. Right now it is on the applications page.
  Thank you! Betty McD
  I use Safari, because I can't get Firefox to come. I uninstalled Firefox on applications to clear out, but it only shows this message. B.

  See:

  • • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/how-run-Firefox-when-your-profile-missing-or-inacc

  A likely cause is a problem with the file profiles.ini and the profile marked as the default value = 1 in this file is no longer present on the hard drive.

  • Windows: %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\
    C:\Users\ < user > < profile > \AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\.
  • Linux: ~/.mozilla/firefox/
  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox /.

  You can use one of them to make the Creation/use of a new default profile for Firefox:

  • Remove the profiles.ini file to force Firefox to create a new default profile
  • Use the Profile Manager to create a new profile
  • Use "Choose a folder" when you create a new profile to select the location of a lost profile and recover this profile
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/managing+profiles
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

• When I download and try to install Thunderbird, I get the message "your Thunderbird profile cannot be loaded, it may be missing or inaccessible.

  Due to a virus, I redownloaded 24.4.0 Thunderbird and it completed than in trying to open Thunderbird when I get the message "cannot load your Thunderbird profile. It may be missing or inaccessible. "I know that the profile exists in a folder"recovered files ". I tried to move to the current folder in Thunderbird, but get the same message. I tried to follow a Mozillazine article, but it's too complicated. Is there assistance online, such as chat or by phone?

  # It is not necessary to move the e00qmtzd.default.old for now.

  You can leave it in place and restore the C:\Restore file e00qmtzd.default.

• Why could not load my Firefox profile, browser does not open and when I try he mentions his lack unreachable?

  I think that firefox was in the middle of the automatic update, which got missed somehow. Then, he never started, and now when I try to open firefox browser I get only a message of yellow triangular exclamation: "could not load your profile Firefox. It may be missing or inaccessible. "I have no access to all the functions on my firefox browser. I'll have to use internet explore and its terribly slow in comparison. Help!

  ideato,
  I couldn't see the wording of the filename exactly as you pointed out, but I ended up doing a file search "*.ini" on my hard drive, which resulted in 359 files found. then I scanned down the column name and entered a "configuration settings" file simply named "profiles" in the folder: C:\Documents and Data Data\Mozilla\Firefox

  I deleted it and opened my Firefox browser! I lost all my favorites, history, etc., but this isn't the end of the world.

  his age since I had no problem on my computer. I am so grateful that you replied and I could get this resolved so quickly! This is the first time I've ever used this type of public support.

  Gerri I can not thank you enough, (((HUG)))

• can not access Firefox, it says Firefox your profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible.

  I was in the middle of restoring the default settings on Firefox and it was cleaning when my pc crashed. When I restarted I got the above problem. I first tried to update Firefox, then I uninstalled and reinstalled and the problem persists.
  Users/user/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles contains a file called 2nzoh7re.default - 14046642433
  I did some screen dumps, but cannot find a way to include them here. I can't also instal troubleshooting information because it produces just the same persistent error message. I am currently forced on that I can't access Firefox.

  You can create a new profile.

  See "create a profile":

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/Profile-Manager-create-and-remove-Firefox-profiles
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues

  If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a profile already used in the new profile, but be careful not to copy files corrupted to avoid transporting on the problem

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

• After putting the profile folder in the trash and delete, I reinstall Firefox and get the 'missing or inaccessible profile' and cannot use firefox.

  I started having the "it's embarrassing, impossible to find the website of your last" whenever I started Firefox. This happens even my preferences always says go to the home page. I deleted the folder of Firefox and re-installed application part. It did not work. Then, I deleted the folder 'profile' for firefox and then emptied the trash, so I can't get it back.
  Now when I try to reinstall Firefox, I can't access the new installation of Firefox because I always 'no profile folder exists or is inaccessible.

  If you return to the location of your previous profile folder (I hope that you back up your bookmarks at least?) and navigate to a level to the Firefox folder, you can find a text file called profiles.ini which always points to the folder that is now gone. To help Firefox to forget the old profile, you can try to rename or delete this file and restart Firefox. Does it work?

  Also, I read in another thread that the error you received is caused by a bug where you exit Firefox, when there is no more open pages. The solution is to quit smoking at least a page open.