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Firefox failed, recommended to uninstall and reinstall. Upon attempting uninstall, popup suggested refresh instead, and that all customizations, preferences, and bookmarks, etc. would be saved. That did not happen, All have disappeared or changed. Original shortcut will no longer work. Please help.

Firefox failed, recommended to uninstall and reinstall. Upon attempting uninstall, popup suggested refresh instead, and that all customizations, preferences, and bookmarks, etc. would be saved. That did not happen, All have disappeared or changed. Original shortcut will no longer work. Please help.

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Hi Cerise, sorry to hear that this went so wrong.

First, could you check your Windows desktop for a folder named Old Firefox Data -- this is normally created when Firefox performs a Refresh, and it contains your entire previous Firefox profile folder with all your settings and data. Do you have that?

Second, what happens when you try using the shortcut -- is there a specific message from Windows? Or no response at all?

Third, what was the original failure that led you to try uninstalling? Maybe we need to resolve that before Firefox can run again.