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"The bookmarks and history system will not be functional" because one of Firefox's files is in use by another application. I cannot fix this problem.

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I must have done something to mess this up,can someone help me fix this, cannot bookmark. I have used Firfox for many years. Thank you. Joe Daraio email- [edited email from public community support forum]

I must have done something to mess this up,can someone help me fix this, cannot bookmark. I have used Firfox for many years. Thank you. Joe Daraio email- [edited email from public community support forum]

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

Hi Joe, I assume you already tried a normal shutdown/restart of Windows? That is typically the easiest way to release a file lock.

There also is a support article for that message: Fix "The bookmarks and history system will not be functional" error message.