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Restore protected passwords

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so, i recently had a mishap involving my C: (a small 30GB SSD) drive. long story short the only thing that i cared and worried for was my firefox settings. i recovered my bookmarks and what seem to be my passwords for my logins.

the bookmarks work as should but i cant seem to get my passwords to function. the original install had a master password set so i used the same password for the new firefox install but it doesnt seem to work. what am i doing wrong??

i was told to replace the following files with the originals:

key3.sqlite signons.txt signons3.txt

im starting to panic because i only remember maybe 3 of all of my saved passwords so yeah if i cant get this to work im in deep trouble so any and all help is appreciated! thanks in advance!

-ao

so, i recently had a mishap involving my C: (a small 30GB SSD) drive. long story short the only thing that i cared and worried for was my firefox settings. i recovered my bookmarks and what seem to be my passwords for my logins. the bookmarks work as should but i cant seem to get my passwords to function. the original install had a master password set so i used the same password for the new firefox install but it doesnt seem to work. what am i doing wrong?? i was told to replace the following files with the originals: key3.sqlite signons.txt signons3.txt im starting to panic because i only remember maybe 3 of all of my saved passwords so yeah if i cant get this to work im in deep trouble so any and all help is appreciated! thanks in advance! -ao

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Hi,

Please also try restoring the key3.db and signons.sqlite files from the backup into the current profile folder after exiting Firefox. To open the profile folder via Firefox: Help (Alt + H) > Troubleshooting Information > Show Folder.

Firefox Profile Folder & Files

Firefox Profile Folder

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Hi,

Please also try restoring the key3.db and signons.sqlite files from the backup into the current profile folder after exiting Firefox. To open the profile folder via Firefox: Help (Alt + H) > Troubleshooting Information > Show Folder.

Firefox Profile Folder & Files

Firefox Profile Folder

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WOW!!! thnx for the help dumdidadida!!!! your help is greatly appreciated! im back in business!!