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    Help restoring my Mozilla user profile

    I'm a happy and proud Mozilla user, but one thing got me.


    I had to format my system partition to get a clean windows XP install.

    So I saved the files related to my profile which were kept in

    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\profile_name

    And I transferred them to my new computer.

    But now Mozilla won't recognize it, and offers me to create a new profile. How can I make Mozilla read my old profile again?

    I've tried creating a new profile by the same name, and changing all the files. It didn't work.
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    Is your current Moz a new install? If so, it may be a version problem.
    American by birth, smarter than the average tropical fruit by the grace of Me. -me
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    • #3
      No it's the same on I had before.

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      • #4
        Moz may be keeping track of profiles through a file with a list of profile names. Look for a file with the different profile names in it.
        American by birth, smarter than the average tropical fruit by the grace of Me. -me
        I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity. -- Bill Veeck | Don't listed to the Linux Satanist, people. - St. Leo | If patching security holes was the top priority of any of us(no matter the OS), we'd do nothing else. - Me, in a tired and accidental attempt to draw fire from all three sides.
        Posted with Mozilla Firebird running under Sawfish on a Slackware Linux install.:p
        XGalaga.

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        • #5
          any suggestions?

          there are alot...

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          • #6
            bump

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            • #7
              Well, what other file(s) do you need other than the bookmarks?
              (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
              (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
              (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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              • #8
                eh... all the inbox and e-mails and ****?

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                • #9
                  Re: Help restoring my Mozilla user profile

                  Originally posted by Sirotnikov
                  I've tried creating a new profile by the same name, and changing all the files. It didn't work.
                  What happened when you tried to replace the newly created files with your backup copy? Did you try to replace the files individually or replaced the whole directory?
                  (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                  (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                  (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                  • #10
                    If you can't find any help here, you might want to try forums.mozillazine.org or IRC at irc.mozilla.org #mozilla
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                    • #11
                      run mozilla, then close it.. copy all info in your old user profile to the new one (maybe delete its content first)... i just did this last night and it works fine
                      får jag köpa din syster? tre kameler för din syster!

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                      • #12
                        I reckon that would work, but I never needed to try it.
                        (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                        (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                        (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                        • #13
                          I did just that last time, and it didn't work.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Sirotnikov
                            I did just that last time, and it didn't work.
                            The new profile gets another name, you did copy the contents, not the profile itself?

                            I tested this with firebird/thunderbird, so that may explain why it worked for me and not you. *shrugs*
                            får jag köpa din syster? tre kameler för din syster!

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                            • #15
                              What do you mean "contents"?

                              I copied all the files inside the directory of my profile...

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