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136.0.4 Update Deleted Saved Tabs, Bookmarks, Account

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Mitch
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What a mess! After 136.0.4 was installed today and I rebooted my laptop, Firefox acted as if it was an entirely new installation. No bookmarks, no saved tabs (Tab Session Mgr extn was completely erased) and all custom settings eliminated. Any ideas about how to reverse this?

I signed into and synced my Firefox acct, which returned my bookmarks (albeit with generic icons that don't identify the sites). But no tabs have returned. Any my synced tabs history does not show everything that was open.

I'm now spending way too much time relocating and recreating what I need. This is not the first time Firefox is causing me recent pain (see prior post) and I'm again toying with leaving Firefox, as I periodically do when the platform becomes unstable and unreliable.

I love all the folks at Mozilla, but this simply cannot happen.

What a mess! After 136.0.4 was installed today and I rebooted my laptop, Firefox acted as if it was an entirely new installation. No bookmarks, no saved tabs (Tab Session Mgr extn was completely erased) and all custom settings eliminated. Any ideas about how to reverse this? I signed into and synced my Firefox acct, which returned my bookmarks (albeit with generic icons that don't identify the sites). But no tabs have returned. Any my synced tabs history does not show everything that was open. I'm now spending way too much time relocating and recreating what I need. This is not the first time Firefox is causing me recent pain (see [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1494555 prior post]) and I'm again toying with leaving Firefox, as I periodically do when the platform becomes unstable and unreliable. I love all the folks at Mozilla, but this simply cannot happen.

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Mitch
Mitch Umnikazi wombuzo
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I also lost my multirow tabs, which are a Firefox dealbreaker for me. I've spent hours trying to update the CSS and install Oneman's Tab Mix Plus fix, but I've been unsuccessful.

Mozilla wonders why Firefox has lost market share and continues to do so. This is why. Longtime users get fed up with updates that break things. My daughters just laugh at me for still using Firefox. Well, that's one thing they will no longer have to laugh about.

I'm out. Goodbye Firefox.

Okulungisiwe ngu Mitch

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TechHorse
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Mitch, hope this helps: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update

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Mitch
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Thank you, TechHorse for your reply. I probably should have thought about the Profile first, but I'm not tech-savvy enough with Firefox and did not find that article during my troubleshooting. (And, for FF to be successful, I should not have to be tech savvy to make it work!)

For now, I'm done with Firefox, having taken the time to get Chrome into a customized working state. I may return to FF, as I have in the past, but I'm so tired of exhausting problems like this and the failure of Mozilla to implement much-requested features over many years (e.g., multirow tabs) that I'm not willing to make the effort now. It's mind-boggling how FF went from the most-used browser to a has-been that is not being adopted by current users.

Thanks, again.

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