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adress bar and bookmarks not working

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Started yesterday. no response to bookmarks or address bar. Have done refresh. No change. Attempted reinstall. can't download and save latest version. Therefore reluctant to uninstall. No problems with MS Edge. Would going back to a restore point help?

Started yesterday. no response to bookmarks or address bar. Have done refresh. No change. Attempted reinstall. can't download and save latest version. Therefore reluctant to uninstall. No problems with MS Edge. Would going back to a restore point help?

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?

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If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

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You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.