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Cannot Launch Firefox Because Profile Can't Load

Dark-Side-of-the-Lagoon
Dark-Side-of-the-Lagoon

Hi,

I am using OS MX-25 Linux and after importing my previous FF profile from an earlier version of MX everything in Firefox 145.0 was fine: my bookmarks and extensions all loaded and everything was tickety-boo. However, after I attempted to relaunch FF I got the following message:

Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible.

I have tried numerous times to launch FF but just keep getting this message.

Eventually it launched, but after a while pages refused to load properly and so I closed it down. Since then, I have been unable to get FF to open.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, I am using OS MX-25 Linux and after importing my previous FF profile from an earlier version of MX everything in Firefox 145.0 was fine: my bookmarks and extensions all loaded and everything was tickety-boo. However, after I attempted to relaunch FF I got the following message: Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible. I have tried numerous times to launch FF but just keep getting this message. Eventually it launched, but after a while pages refused to load properly and so I closed it down. Since then, I have been unable to get FF to open. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Chosen solution

I decided to uninstall FF and then reinstalled. All my bookmarks and extensions where still there but after relaunching FF it was a fresh version!

I then imported my bookmarks as an HTML file and just simply added my extensions manually.

One happy bunny!!

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wirkutskijkarl
wirkutskijkarl

That sounds really frustrating! It seems like the profile you imported might have some compatibility issues with the newer Firefox version on MX-25 Linux. One approach that usually helps is creating a new Firefox profile and then carefully importing bookmarks and extensions from the old profile, instead of fully using the old profile. You can do this via `about:profiles` in Firefox—create a fresh profile, set it as default, and then manually move over bookmarks, passwords, and extensions. That often fixes loading issues while keeping your data intact.

Dark-Side-of-the-Lagoon
Dark-Side-of-the-Lagoon Question owner

Many thanks wirkutskijkarl for your informative reply. Unfortunately, as I can't launch FF I am therefore, unable to create a fresh profile via about:profiles.

So, my frustrations with FF continue! :-(

Dark-Side-of-the-Lagoon
Dark-Side-of-the-Lagoon Question owner

Chosen Solution

I decided to uninstall FF and then reinstalled. All my bookmarks and extensions where still there but after relaunching FF it was a fresh version!

I then imported my bookmarks as an HTML file and just simply added my extensions manually.

One happy bunny!!

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