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I have used a number of passwords (6 pages full) & they are in fox, but I cannnot use them.

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I have lost at least a week of time trying to get my passwords straight & get the password manage to work. I am a 96yr old vet of WWII and the president of 2 non-profits & lay-leader for a Methodist church. So I badly need to get things working. I have been with Fox for probably 30 years & would like to stay & badly need to get on with our business. If a technical person could get into our computer, it could be fixed in a short time. ... ...


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I have lost at least a week of time trying to get my passwords straight & get the password manage to work. I am a 96yr old vet of WWII and the president of 2 non-profits & lay-leader for a Methodist church. So I badly need to get things working. I have been with Fox for probably 30 years & would like to stay & badly need to get on with our business. If a technical person could get into our computer, it could be fixed in a short time. ... ... edited email and phone# from public and search/spam bots view as this is a community support forum.

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FredMcD
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Please explain the problem in detail. What happens? What is/are the exact error message(s) ?


For safety reasons, it would be best to save your passwords to a separate file just in case.


Password:Recovery:Restore:Export https://www.ghacks.net/2018/07/18/how-to-export-firefox-passwords-in-firefox-57/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/passwordfox.html (Win) PasswordFox v1.58 - Extract the usernames/passwords stored in Firefox Copyright (c) 2008 - 2017 Nir Sofer

Note: Some anti-virus show false positive. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Easily export your passwords from Firefox. https://github.com/kspearrin/ff-password-exporter

Export your passwords from Firefox in a portable CSV or JSON format. It works on Windows, macOS, and Linux. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 Tools to Decrypt and Recover Passwords Saved in Firefox • Raymond CC https://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-find-hidden-passwords-in-firefox/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ https://www.ghacks.net/2018/07/18/how-to-export-firefox-passwords-in-firefox-57/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ https://github.com/kspearrin/ff-password-exporter +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you don't find a third party script or program you can trust, you can run a script in Firefox's Browser Console to spit out the list in CSV or JSON format. For example:

JSON file: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1258644

CSV: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1253828 (copy/paste from console)


chrome://passwordmgr/content/passwordManager.xul

chrome://passwordmgr/content/passwordManager.xhtml