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I change my windows and reinstall firefox. But my firefox data such as Password and History not restored!

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I change my windows and reinstall firefox. But my firefox data such as Password and History not restored! Please help me!

I change my windows and reinstall firefox. But my firefox data such as Password and History not restored! Please help me!

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Were you using Sync? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-sync-my-computer If so, did you have any problems getting signed into Sync after reinstalling Windows and Firefox?

Overall, you should have backed-up your Firefox Profile.

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Do you have a C:\Windows.old folder?

You can copy files like these from the C;\Windows.old folder to the current Firefox profile folder to recover specific data.

  • bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
  • bookmark backups: JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
  • cookies.sqlite for the cookies
  • formhistory.sqlite for saved form data
  • logins.json and key3.db (decryption key) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
  • cert8.db and possibly cert_override.txt for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
  • persdict.dat for words you added to the spelling checker dictionary
  • permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other Site Preferences
  • sessionstore.js for open tabs and pinned tabs

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

  • C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\

Note that "AppData" (XP: Application Data; Mac: ~/Library; Linux: ~/.mozilla) is a hidden folder.

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My hard drive formatted and i dont have any file or folder from old firefox! I thought that if sign-on to firefox account my data backed up and simply by login to the new OS my saved password and others Returned! Now I What should I do?