Unable to backup firefox profile folders.
If I go to the profile folder, exit firefox then copy and paste the folder to a backup location. The attempted backup fails. Something about permissions as I recall. I have tried many things unsuccessfully. Something has changed that does not allow for the backup of profile folders. Adding a backup option to the profile manager would be nice. I noticed some people have found work-arounds but I need a straight-forward procedure for backing up my folders. No work-arounds please, just a simple procedure. May I ask for help with this issue?
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Simple way to back up your Firefox profile
Close Firefox completely. Make sure it’s fully closed (no Firefox windows open).
Open the profile folder the easy way:
Press Windows Key + R
Type:
%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\
Press Enter
Open the folder called Profiles
Copy the profile folder this way:
Right-click the profile folder (the one with a name like xxxx.default or xxxx.default-release)
Choose Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder
Move the ZIP file to your backup location. Because it’s zipped, Windows won’t complain about permissions — it’s just one clean file.
That’s it. No tricks, no deep computer knowledge needed.
I am asking for an easy resolution, copy/paste for example. I don't have or use a zip program. Copy/paste use to work but not now. Yes, I lost everything due to this issue. Years of important bookmarks and tabs gone. It seems odd to me that backing up a profile involves going into an obscure folder placement when something simple should be available, an option from the profile manager, for example. I tried to do the right thing by backing up my profiles and Firefox let me down big time.