Establishment of Firefox urging 42.0 refreshed and now my 2 - Fav went modules! Is reversal Possible to undo changes?

In moments, Firefox "Refresh" made a mess of my selections, custom modules, plugins, toolbars, etc and now fails, 2 - my favorite "go - to" Add - ons are (1) went 1 and (2) the other will not be installed. I would NEVER suggest that Firefox again. I was doing pretty well... Except for several months, Firefox crashes suddenly, and I have to go in to effect Firefox Task Manager, then open Firefox anew. All I can say is, I have to lose my marbles to 'Refresh' Firefox for the second time in a few years, after the first sentence of time due, and the overall results are worse now, the second time. I'm also tired of Firefox crashes.

Anyway, is the "refresh" which took place in the last hour, reversible? Also, just noticed "old Firefox Data folder ' then he'd ever seen before... is - it related to Firefox refreshing?

Help?

Yes, an update moves the entire record of the settings in the folder of old data from Firefox, then Firefox creates a new folder of parameters with selected data in your old folder, not to mention most of the preferences or your extensions.

You can use the contents of the Old Firefox Data folder to "roll back" the refresh, but this involves several steps. It takes 5 minutes, but it's perhaps faster than the recovery of individual files and load those into your new profile.

Check in the folder 'Old data Firefox' update adds a folder with a random semi name on your desktop. If there is only one, that probably has your old settings and Add-ons. If there is more than one, you'll want to work with one who has been updated recently.

Once you have identified the profile folder, that you want to restore, here is my "old profile resurrection suggested procedure:

Overview

Here are the steps described in more detail below:

  1. Create a new Firefox profile
  2. Delete all of this profile folder
  3. Copy in all of the old profile folder

Create a new profile for Firefox (Windows)

Exit Firefox completely and start up in the Profile Manager by pasting the following in the Windows search, or the Run dialog box by pressing ENTER:

firefox.exe -P

Note: any time want to switch profiles, exit Firefox and return to this dialog box.

Click on the button create a profile, give it a name like OldSettings and skip the option to change the location of the folder. Select the new profile from the dialog box, and then start Firefox.

Open the new profile folder in Windows Explorer

Firefox in the new profile should look like a new installation of the plant. Open the troubleshooting information page by using either:

  • button "3-bar" menu > "?" button > troubleshooting information
  • Menu help > troubleshooting information
  • type or paste everything: in the address bar and press Enter

In the first table, click on the view file"" button. Firefox will launch your new profile folder in Windows Explorer.

This folder open, switch back to Firefox and get out by using either:

  • "3-bar" menu button > button "power".
  • (menu bar) File > Exit

Firefox is closed, the profile folder must be front and Center, or you can activate it by using the taskbar.

Copy old data instead of new

In this new profile folder you just popped open - NOT the one on your desktop - select all content (you can use Ctrl + a) and delete (you can press Delete on the keyboard).

Leave this window open, open or switch to your folder of old data of Firefox. Consult your old profile folder. At this level, you should see a folder named bookmarkbackups among other things.

Select all (Ctrl + a) and copy (or right-click > copy or Ctrl + c).

Switch to the empty profile folder in another window and paste (or right-click > paste or Ctrl + v). This may take a few minutes because some files are large.

Launch Firefox

Firefox should start in this 'new' profile with the old resurrected profile data. Success?

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