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Firefix has stopped opening on my mac, it sais that my profile is missing and it won't open. any help?

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piobar
piobar

Firefox is refusing to open, every time i try it a window pops up saying that my profile is missing. anybody got any ideas at all?

Firefox is refusing to open, every time i try it a window pops up saying that my profile is missing. anybody got any ideas at all?

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cor-el
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See:

amk90
amk90

I am having the same exact problem

and @ cor-el i don't see how those help us , i tried looking at it and none of the links help us out in OS X Lion

cor-el
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Is there still a profile folder present in /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile>/ ?

Be aware that in Lion the $HOME/Library is now a hidden folder.

Open Finder and use one of these:

  • Go > Go To Folder (Shift-Command-G) and in the dialog type: ~/Library
  • Open the "Go" menu and hold down the Option key to make the Library appear