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Where did EVERYTHING go? Update to 48 killed FireFox's stored data

J.B.D.
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Hey guys, it's not in the least funny to have FireFox lose EVERYTHING, addons, plugins, data. Only bookmarks and history remain. I am far less than amused.

edit: removed unnecessary/violent parts of your question. (philipp)

Hey guys, it's not in the least funny to have FireFox lose EVERYTHING, addons, plugins, data. Only bookmarks and history remain. I am far less than amused. <sub>edit: removed unnecessary/violent parts of your question. (philipp)</sub>

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do you happen to have a folder labelled "old firefox data" on your desktop?

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philipp
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do you happen to have a folder labelled "old firefox data" on your desktop?

FredMcD
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Look on your desktop. Do you see a folder called; Old Firefox?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

James (doing minimal support dowdays)
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Note Firefox 48.0 is Not a Release as it is currently on the Beta channel at build 48.0b1 currently.