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• All IT gurus out there who know Firefox... have lost the passwords saved when FF created a new profile and delete old files key3.dbf and logins.json profile.

  All IT gurus out there who know Firefox... have lost the passwords saved when FF created a new profile and delete old files key3.dbf and logins.json profile. Any ideas, anyone?

  So it's not a logins.json file?

  I see a signons3.txt file and a file signons.sqlite older, if you can try to see if you can import passwords stored in this file.

  You can force Firefox to re-import the passwords in the file signons.sqlite and regenerate the file logins.json with the following steps:

  • reset the signon.importedFromSqlite pref on the topic: config page by default via the context menu
  • Delete the logins.json file in the closed Firefox with Firefox profile folder

  When you restart Firefox, then you should have the pref signon.importedFromSqlite with the value set to true.
  You have passwords that are imported in the password manager, unless there were errors or signons.sqlite signons3.txt.

  You can open the topic: config page via the address bar.
  You can accept the warning and click on "I'll be careful" to continue.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/about:config

  You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > troubleshooting information > profile directory: see file (Linux: open the directory;) Mac: View in the Finder)
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

• I copied the old file of passwords in the new profile, but do not see.

  Got a new laptop. Copied the content from the old profile to new profile. Most of the old information are there (bookmarks), but I do not see the passwords. I repeated copying the two files key3db and logins.json specifically, but even the passwords saved on my old profile are not there...

  Could you try again in a new profile and copy only the files logins.json and key3db?

  Create a new profile as a test to see if your profile is the source of the problem.

  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 more problems.

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

• I created a new profile and copied the files from my old computer inside firefox. How do the new profile, just delete the old one?

  I am running windows 7, I had to recover my files on an external hard drive when my old computer crashed. I created a new profile as described in the Web site of firefox and copied all the files into it. I just need to know how to use the new profile when I open firefox, just delete the old profile? Or do I have to reinstall firefox.

  If you no longer have need or intention to use this older profile, then you can use the Profile Manager to delete this profile and delete the files.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup

• I created a new Administrator profile and you want to transfer my old files. But I don't have access to them, how do I re - access?

  My local profile on my Dell's Inspiron Mini netbook has been corrupted, so I had to create a new profile, who is also a Director. This new profile is empty - none of the previous documents, photo previous or any other file. When I go to the discovery of all users, I see that my old profile is always under Documents and Settings. So I want to spend all my old data in there with my new profile. However, when I try to click on the link a message window appears indicating that the file is not accessible, and access is denied.

  Can someone please explain to me why this might be and if there's a way to redo the roster?

  In addition, if it is not possible for me to regain access to these files, what should I click to restart the entire computer. As new and fresh. These files take up half the space in the hard disk, and since then I can not enter in the what is the point of keeping them. So if there is no way for me to access my old files again, how would I go on my computer restarts?

  Facts in brief on my computer:
  -Windows XP system
  -Dell Inspiron mini laptop computer
  -Only had a main profile (type administrator, of course)

  I hope I explained my problem clearly, please excuse me if I don't. Can anyone help?

  Hello

  You can follow the article mentioned below to copy the data from the old profile to the new.

  How to copy data from a corrupted to a new profile in Windows XP user profile

  If you receive the same error then you can follow this article first.

  "Access denied" error message when you try to open a folder

• How to import bookmarks to an old win / win wqhere FF installation failed. New victory and FF install the new drive. Old files

  Old installation of Windows and where winning FF stopped working. Have reinstalled on the new drive win and FF and import bookmarks from the old install on the old disk. The files are always accessible. None of the listed options explain another FF FF import that create a new profile that will not work in this case.

  Just as a reference, when you explore your old hard drive, will seek you:

  E:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

  (the drive letter may vary)

  If Windows hides the AppData folder on the old disk, you can disable hide files and folders: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hidden-files

  Then you can get off and find the folder bookmarkbackups containing .jsonlz4 files.

• After reinsalling firefox, I tried to transfer the info from old profile to new profile according to the instructions, but am unable to do so. I'm not computer literate

  Firefox crashed while refreshing but created a folder "old data of firefox. I have so I restarted and then deleted reinsalled firefox. I'd like to have my old favorites available have tried the info on help with copying the files between the profiles but does not seem to work. I can access the old and the new profile, but when I right click on Places.sqlite on the old profile and select copy, then there is no paste option on new file. I'm not computer literate and an ODP so would like to simple step by step instructions. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

  You can try to restore a .jsonlz4 compressed in the bookmarkbackups folder in the "Old data Firefox" folder on the desktop in the current profile.

  • Bookmarks > show all bookmarks > import and backup > restore > choose file
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them

• I need to move some messages (and nothing else) from an old profile of TB in the new profile. How?

  Windows 8.1

  New installation of Thunderbird on the new computer. I thought I had migrated correctly the user profile of the old computer, but when I opened TB, the old profile was not in place and 51 messages downloaded in the new default profile.

  I copied this profile regarding migration and set it aside. I have now the old computer profile up, and I need to integrate the messages downloaded in the meantime.

  What to do, what to do?

  Thank you.

  Install this add-on.
  https://addons.Mozilla.org/en-us/Thunderbird/addon/ImportExportTools/

  Then import the messages downloaded from the mail file in the new profile.

• Thunderbird does not work properly after copying old content profile in the new profile, what can I do

  My old laptop crashed, but fortunately I got the hard drive out, who now works as an external drive. I installed TB on my new laptop computer. I copied the contents of the old file to profile in the new profile file and start of TB. I have all my files of pace, but TB does nog works correctly. After that connection, it takes forever to load the new messages, when I leave a message to another, the first answer I get is "TB not responding' and after a few minutes, I finally get to the next message. Same story with 'reply' or 'delete '. I already tried to delete the index file and have tuberculosis still indexing message folders, but this did not help.

  I noticed that my old profile files seems to have a sort of double files in the subfolder Mail, old accounts. For example: pop.tele2.nl, pop.tele2 - 1.nl, pop.tele2 - 2.nl. I'm not sure what they are (they seem to hold different versions?) or is it relevant?

  When I search the AppData/Roaming/profiles I'll find it (on the old and the new hard disk as well) but I can not navigate on him (some parents of hidden file)? I checked the rights on the files of my account profile (Administrator rights). I don't know what to do more, so I hope to help.

  Re: for example: pop.tele2.nl, pop.tele2 - 1.nl, pop.tele2 - 2.nl.
  Here's the e-mail accounts for pop e-mail account. If you have several addresses on the same server, it will have the same name but an additional example:-1 appended to the name. If you got an e-mail account, it can also create and add the additional number. Why you have several, I can't say with certainty what caused them without knowing what you have done. The point being, you must have the directory Local pointing to one that is correct and has all your existing emails.

  Profile files are hidden files.
  http://KB.mozillazine.org/Show_hidden_files_and_folders

  Info on profile:
  http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird

  What local directory is set to the e-mail account?
  "Tools" > "Account settings" > "Server settings" for the e-mail account
  bottom right under "Local Directory"
  It will say something like this:
  C:\Users\User account name\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\abc12345.default\Mail\pop.tele2.nl

  Copy paste the info on this issue, so I don't know which e-mail account you use.

  How many email accounts you listed in the left pane in the account settings? You have just the one pop email account and local folders?

  What antivirus do you use?
  If you McAfee please read;

  • https://wiki.Mozilla.org/Thunderbird: test: Antivirus_Related_Performance_Issues #McAfee

  How many emails you have in the Inbox folder?
  It is advisable to use the Inbox folder as a mailbox for incoming mail, and not as a general storage. Suggest you create folders and move all the emails in the Inbox in other appropriate folders, then right-click on Inbox and select "Compact".

  Good info explaining what is compaction and why it is important:

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/compacting-folders?ESAB=a & s = Compacting & r = 0 & As = s

  It is also a good idea to Archive mail older than a few months.
  Implemented for archive by month and keep the structure of archive folders. These emails will still be visible by 'Archives' folder and in your profile, but check-in will reduce the size of files and therefore less memory use during their opening.
  Info on archiving Options:
  https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/archived-messages

• problems after upgrading firefox. reset this is ugly. created the new profile, but can not recover data from old profile.

  I use firefox on a MacBook pro. Mac OS X version 10.7.5. There was an update of firefox on a day or 2 ago. Since this was done, I was getting 'syntax error' 5 times, each time that a page has been loaded. Some research has suggested that an application or a plug-in called "social fixer" might be the problem but I could not understand how to get rid of it so decided to try to reset Firefox. Minutes passed and a message was on the screen saying the old files of firefox have been been "cleaned" or something, but it seems to be 'stuck' because the progress bar was little jerky. Doesn't it usually doesn't. So I clicked on "Cancel". After that, I couldn't even firefox to start. Looks like my profile is unavailable or inaccessible. Following the instructions found on the support site, I created a new profile and I thought I copied the files from the previous firefox on the new profile, but when I run firefox, it's a blank slate. None of my bookmarks or passwords are there. It must be here somewhere, but I can't seem to understand.

  Looks like there was a problem with updating the profiles.ini file.

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

  You can try to remove the current profiles.ini file to force Firefox to create a new default profile where Firefox has not done that.
  You can check if there is a profile folder with a number of attached time stamp and in this case, you can set the location of a profile created in this folder.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_missing_profile
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

  If you need to recover data from an older profile, always in the default location, or as a folder of old data of Firefox on the desktop then see:

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

• Should what files I copy into my new profile

  I am trying to cleanup the profile on my desk and then put it on my laptop. The one I have work I will copy on my desk. If both browsers will look and behave the same. Then I can use sync to maintain synchronization had.

  I moved my office profile data to a new folder, I named 'transfer of profile '. I understand that I can replace the files in the profile on my laptop with them.

  Bookmarkbackup,
  Key3. DB, signons2.txt, signons.sqlite,
  prefs.js,
  places.SQLite,
  Persdict.dat
  Key2. DB,
  cookies.SQLite, cookeies.sqlite - shm, cookies.sqlite - has and cookies.txt.

   Do I need all those cookie files of just cookies.txt? In the help section is was suggested I copy signons.sqlite and signons3.txt; but it didn't mention signon2.txt.
  

  Hi Mike,.

  I'm sure you've already seen

  • Backup and restore Firefox profiles information

  You say moved I presume you mean copied, and you use that as a temporary profile backup. (It is possible to move the communities in profile)

  I do not know what clean you, some work may be easier to interfaces of Firefox rather than the profile files or profiles. You will find may be easier to use a 2nd Firefox install on a laptop. However, you can set multiple profiles on a single computer.

  You can clone the profile to a new profile, and work on that. Or you can start with a blank profile and change according to what is best for your objectives. If the bookmarks and history are the main concern maybe working in a new profile that contains a copy of the places sqlite and then overwrite the original places.squlite once cleaned. (Historical note is not separately stored anywhere)

  sign
  Some of them are present for backward compatibility reasons

  • See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Signons3.txt

  Cookies
  The cookies.txt are old file types Firefox now uses cookies.squlite

  • See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Cookies#Where_are_cookies_stored

  Note the profile files of transfer is often done for the resolution of problems, and in such circumstances the biscuits and extensions cannot be transferred, because they can be the cause of the problem. In your case you probably do not transfer cookies and software extensions.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
  • See also
    • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Using_multiple_profiles_-_Firefox
    • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder

• Update created the new profile. How to get my old one back

  An upgrade creates a new profile. I need my old one back. I see an e-mail with all the records now missing folder. But how to implement this profile or change my current profile to include records on the roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\1dext3ey.default\mail?

  Thank you

  George

  Matt

  Rebuilt all the missing files in the local folders. Decided would probably not yet of Toad Hall on the recovery so profile moved all the folders and subfolders until the main account name.

  A lot of work and very slow as you have said, but all back to normal.

  Thank you for your help and perseverance.

  George

• XP corrupted user profile. Copy the files to the new profile. Access denied

  I have been using my administrator as the profile of my work profile. Recently, my profile became corrupted and I implemented a new Administrator profile. However I'm unable to access my old files or e-mails in outlook.

  The instructions I found explain how to copy a profile to another user when logged in as an administrator of third. I followed these instructions, but when I try to highlight the files in my old (corrupt) profile I get the access denied error message. He also told me that the folder is empty when I know that it is not. I get the result even if I try to do it from any administrator account. Help!

  Hi kevjmc,

  1. you receive the error message with all files and folders?

  I suggest that you start the computer in safe mode and try to copy or move files and folders check if it works.

  A description of the options to start in Windows XP Mode

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315222

  I hope this helps!

  Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Join E-mail from the old profile Windows 10 new profile Windows 10 on same PC

  First profile Windows 10 crapped out. Tech Windows created the new profile and copied everything except the hidden AppData directory. How do I send the old 10 profile Thunderberd windows to the new windows 10 Thunderberd profile?

  you copy the folder of the old folder appdata Thunderb ird to the new.

• Files in default\profile are not copied to the new profile

  I get conflicting information on how to create a generic profile to use throughout my organization. Using the Profile Manager is not relevant to my situation.
  I tried placing files/folders in the directory "Default\Profile", "Browser\Default\Profile" directory, etc, and nothing is never copied into a new profile.
  Specifically, I created a custom "userChrome.css" file I want to distribute. What I've read, a chrome folder must be created in the directory xxxxxxx.default of the user and the .css file placed inside.
  What Miss me?

  Thank you.
  Eddy

  You are welcome.

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  Also, some features may only work with the version US (*)