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My recovery key is not working even after reseting it. How can i solve it

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Baijou
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I signed to my account but lost other device, so generate new key. This new generated key is still not working. Anny sugestion please?

I signed to my account but lost other device, so generate new key. This new generated key is still not working. Anny sugestion please?

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Unfortunately, "for your security", a new recovery key will not restore your old data.

In my opinion, Mozilla does not sufficiently emphasize the need to keep your key. I had to completely start over , when I reinstalled my OS etc. due to not saving my key to a flash drive as a text file.

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cor-el
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Do you get an error when you try to set up Sync or is Sync just isn't working?

Try to remove the Weave folder in the Firefox profile folder and delete the prefs.js file to reset all prefs and maybe also delete the compatibility.ini file to reinitialize the profile.

You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder: