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When it says "rename places.squlite", what do you rename it as???

Firefox Troubleshooting
the-edmeister replied 13 years ago
clivecory
clivecory

My Firefox is slow in starting (windows as well).It tells me that an option to stop Firefox crashing or being slow is to rename "places.squlite" but what do you rename it as??

My Firefox is slow in starting (windows as well).It tells me that an option to stop Firefox crashing or being slow is to rename "places.squlite" but what do you rename it as??

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kobe
kobe

refer to

the-edmeister
the-edmeister

Chosen Solution

You can rename it to almost anything, as long as Firefox no longer recognizes that file on startup and creates a new file by that name.

Suggestions include - places.sqlite.old or maybe places.old.sqlite.