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Reinstalling my Firefox data from a PC that dies to a new one

My laptop died but I have been able to rescue the SSD and turn it into a USB connected external drive. I can see all data from my old PC. I have tried to copy all of my… (read more)

My laptop died but I have been able to rescue the SSD and turn it into a USB connected external drive. I can see all data from my old PC.

I have tried to copy all of my User, Local Apps Data Mozilla Profile data folders to my new Laptop but the data does not appear when I fire up Firefox on the new laptop.

The old laptop folder was c:\Users|Phil, the new laptop is C:\Users\Phill {setup of new PC added a second L to my name}

Is this an issue ?



Asked by phil.libbis 4 days ago

Answered by cor-el 3 days ago

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Inconsistent times for emails

I successfully transferred TB from my Win10Pro laptop to may new Win11Pro laptop, but have encountered a strange anomaly. I have two GMail accounts, both set us as POP3. … (read more)

I successfully transferred TB from my Win10Pro laptop to may new Win11Pro laptop, but have encountered a strange anomaly. I have two GMail accounts, both set us as POP3.

Test 1: I send an email from account "A" to "B" using my Galaxy S23. On the phone, the times are correctly shown in the "A" account's Sent folder and in the "B" account's Inbox folder. On the laptop, both accounts have the times shifted two hours earlier.

Test 2: Thinking the problem might just be with one account, I reversed the test and sent an email from "B" to "A" using my phone. On the laptop, both were shifted by two hours.

Test 3: Repeat of Test 1, but using the laptop. No time shift

Test 4: Repeat of Test 2, but using laptop. No time shift.

Test 5: Another person sent a test email to both my Gmail accounts. Both show up with the correct timetags in GMail, but both show up in TB on my laptop as being send two hours earlier.

For all tests, the correct time is shown on the GMail accounts themselves.

I had no problems like this with the older laptop and I don't have anything on PDST. The only *hint* might be that Win11Pro was installed in California, but I have no idea how that would have been stored and work its way solely into TB and nowhere else.

What might be making this happen and how can I correct it?

Asked by weathervane 2 days ago

Answered by david 2 days ago

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use my existing e-mail address if I install Thunderbird

Outlook stopped working as of last night. If I install Thunderbird as my desktop email program, will I be able to set it up with my current desktop email address: [edited… (read more)

Outlook stopped working as of last night. If I install Thunderbird as my desktop email program, will I be able to set it up with my current desktop email address: [edited] @tx.rr.com ?

I've had problems with outlook since I changed network providers from spectrum to frontier. I have the incoming and outgoing server settings for frontier.

Since my current desktop email program (outlook 2016) does not work, contact me via webmail for the moment [edited] @proton.me

Thank you

Asked by JonQJacobs 1 day ago

Answered by david 18 hours ago

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using chrome(came with computer) will not download firefox

I recently purchased a dell refurbished computer, I set it up went and downloaded fire fox without any trouble. I restarted computer today and it would not accept passwor… (read more)

I recently purchased a dell refurbished computer, I set it up went and downloaded fire fox without any trouble. I restarted computer today and it would not accept password I called DiscountcomputerDepot.com help and they helped me to restart and they told me they would have to reinstall windows from computer. So I lost all my programs. when it restarted said would have to update windows. I have tried multiple locations and get this same message This download.mozilla.org page can’t be foundNo webpage was found for the web address: https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-stub&os=win&lang=en-US&attribution_code=c291cmNlPShub3Qgc2V0KSZtZWRpdW09KGRpcmVjdCkmY2FtcGFpZ249KG5vdCBzZXQpJmNvbnRlbnQ9KG5vdCBzZXQpJmV4cGVyaW1lbnQ9KG5vdCBzZXQpJnZhcmlhdGlvbj0obm90IHNldCkmdWE9ZWRnZSZ2aXNpdF9pZD0obm90IHNldCk.&attribution_sig=c3e7484d24556be08270fa603b3ed24cad53bd6caaec3f9e3f355d5c37300daa HTTP ERROR 404 Please help ,I have only use firefox since I had a computer , about 25 years. Many thanks Jack Terry. [email removed from public]

Asked by jact363 1 year ago

Answered by James 1 year ago

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Firefox fails to start even after reinstall

On one computer I have deleted everything from Firefox including the folders within Apps Roaming except for one folder. There in one folder "41A66E7EE5E1" within Profile… (read more)

On one computer I have deleted everything from Firefox including the folders within Apps Roaming except for one folder. There in one folder "41A66E7EE5E1" within Profiles which I cannot delete. It holds the files prefs.js and sessionCheckpoints.json which were created at 20/02/2021 and I cannot delete those.

My new installation is dated 24/07/2021.

There is nothing in the properties of those two files to suggest an issue. I do find however that when I seek to change the Property/Security to Administrator (I should be able to do that) I receive a dialog box that "the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable".

Please advise on how I address this.

Asked by brijohnnow 1 year ago

Answered by brijohnnow 1 year ago

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Upgrade failure

I upgraded to 91.1.2 today and have been unable to open the program since. The program opens and I am asked to sign into Google for calendar sync but this window does not… (read more)

I upgraded to 91.1.2 today and have been unable to open the program since. The program opens and I am asked to sign into Google for calendar sync but this window does not respond. Also the Preferences Tab is open which is not normal. The program hangs for about seven or eight minutes not responding and then crashes. The Crash ID is bp-96fabaaa-e5b9-4f12-841c-8a66e0210929 The program is using around 2.5 Gb of memory I have tried uninstall and reinstall but no success. I would like to go back to the old version but don't know how.

Asked by eganmuir 1 year ago

Answered by sfhowes 1 year ago

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Cannot Start Download By Single Click Anymore

Hi, It was OK for me to download file from a link before, but since a while ago, when I single click on any link (ex., Firefox Installer) it showed nothing and nothing h… (read more)

Hi,

It was OK for me to download file from a link before, but since a while ago, when I single click on any link (ex., Firefox Installer) it showed nothing and nothing happened (Normally I think dialog about if open or save/when to save should pop up). I also try other way to open the link then: 1. If I try to open a new tab on link, then a empty tab was opened (as attached image). 2. If I right click the link and click "Save Link As..." then it will pop up the save folder selection dialog.

I hope to have any suggestion to fix this issue. Thanks in advance for any support.

Asked by Black Cat 1 year ago

Answered by Black Cat 1 year ago

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Lost contacts and email preferences in Thunderbird reload

I've been using Thunderbird as my PC's mail reader for years. I had a problem with the most recent update of Thunderbird (about Nov 8?). It gave me an error message when … (read more)

I've been using Thunderbird as my PC's mail reader for years. I had a problem with the most recent update of Thunderbird (about Nov 8?). It gave me an error message when trying to download my primary gmail account's new emails. To see if the problem was Thunderbird or GMail, I tried reinstalling an older version 91.3.0 (64Bit) on an updated Windows 10 desktop. During install, it told me I had to create a new user profile, I did and told the installer to copy my information. After it installed and started, it found my gmail account and showed ALL the messages, but it did not show my contacts, other email accounts, local folders or any of my saved emails. I checked file manager and it under appData/roaming and AppData/Local I have two profiles folders, one XXXdefault-release, the other YYYdefault. I'm assuming one of these is my old profile, but I have no idea how to get Thunderbird to retrieve the correct data.

Asked by pprocter 1 year ago

Answered by Matt 1 year ago

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when upgrading to the newst firefox is the password and logins carried into the new release?

my version of firefox is obsolete in security...so as many sites tell me. I want to upgrade to the newest release but am not sure what happens to my stored logins and pas… (read more)

my version of firefox is obsolete in security...so as many sites tell me. I want to upgrade to the newest release but am not sure what happens to my stored logins and passwords. Also, is there any way I can view the stored info...since I have been careless and not saved all of that info.

Asked by hartzell1 1 year ago

Answered by Amelia 1 year ago

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Restoring Tbird after Windows rebuild

I run Windows 10 Home, latest updates. I recently had a Windows failure which required a clean install. I was using Tbird previously. Now, when I try to set it up, I cann… (read more)

I run Windows 10 Home, latest updates. I recently had a Windows failure which required a clean install. I was using Tbird previously. Now, when I try to set it up, I cannot get past the setup stage where Tbird attempts to log into my email at RCN.com. See image. I am using credentials which let me log into rcn webmail.

Asked by kladner 1 year ago

Answered by sfhowes 1 year ago

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Thunderbird: downloaded but unable to send.

I'm on care4free.net with plusnet using Kaspersky at the moment. Changing to Bullguard in a couple of days. Message reads login to server smtp.care4free.net with userna… (read more)

I'm on care4free.net with plusnet using Kaspersky at the moment. Changing to Bullguard in a couple of days. Message reads login to server smtp.care4free.net with username jobran@care4free.net failed.

Asked by jobran 1 year ago

Answered by jobran 1 year ago