walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I suspect most people don't even know firefox has a ProfileManager,
> but I'm here to warn you not to use it.  It just cost me years of
> bookmarks and saved passwords.
> 
> For testing purposes I invoked firefox-bin with the -ProfileManager
> flag (don't do this, it's broken!) and created a fresh firefox profile
> with the name "temp" as I've been doing for years.
> 
> I ran the "temp" profile while doing my testing, quit firefox and then
> re-invoked firefox with the -ProfileManager flag and used it to delete
> the "temp" profile because I didn't need it any more.
> 
> Unfortunately, deleting "temp" also deleted the "default" profile I've
> been using for years, which had all of my bookmarks and saved
> passwords and maybe other stuff I haven't even thought about yet.
> 
> I'm copying an old firefox profile from another machine that's four
> years out of date.  Maybe I can rescue an ort here or there.
> 
> What a fscking disaster.
> 
> Lesson learned:  if you need to start firefox with a fresh profile,
> just move your ~/.mozilla directory out of the way and let firefox
> create a new one from scratch.

THX for your hint. But there is a much more important lesson to learn: 
Always backup your important data on a regular basis! 

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Regards
wabe

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