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Why are there two folders inside my Firefox Profiles folder?

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Why are there two folders inside my Firefox Profiles folder? And I just noticed that I have a second Firefox window open but it doesn't have any of my add-ons or bookmarks. Could this issue arise from using a vpn?

Why are there two folders inside my Firefox Profiles folder? And I just noticed that I have a second Firefox window open but it doesn't have any of my add-ons or bookmarks. Could this issue arise from using a vpn?

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If you lost personal data then it is possible that a new default-release profile folder has been created.

You can open the about:profiles page via the location bar to check whether multiple profiles are present and what profile Firefox currently is using.

Firefox 67 and later can use a dedicated profile for each of the Firefox update channels and will lock the profile, so it can only be used by Firefox in a specific installation folder. For Release versions this profile would be a xxxxxxxx.default-release profile, profiles used in older Firefox versions usually used a xxxxxxxx.default profile (a refresh adds a time stamp).

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/05/firefox-67-dark-mode-css-webrender/

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Hi,

I'm just trying to change my Firefox/Quantum bookmarks toolbar to increase to 3rows. Found the code, and found my profile default file(s).

Problem is . . . there are two . . . don't know which one to use.

Again, just trying to make some changes to my Firefox screen, to make it more usable.

Any idea which one to use?

Thank You!

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Firefox last used the default-release folder. This is the preferred folder for Firefox on the release update channel like I posted above.

If there is personal data in the previously used .default folder then you can copy related files form .default to .default-release.