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Title: Firefox resetting (deleting all settings, bookmarks, etc) after power outage
Post by: shardian on May 18, 2007, 08:32:26 am

Ok this is the second time I have lost ALL of my vast collection of bookmarks! The power flickered here at work, and the pc powered off and on twice. When I finally got it back up, firefox was completely reset like it had just been freshly installed. This happened about a month ago. And guess what, this NEVER happened before the screwy update was implemented approximately 2 months ago.

Has anyone else had this happen, and does anyone know if my bookmarks are recoverable? The bookmarks.html file in the profiles folder is blank-a-mondo before anyone recommends checking that.

Title: Re: Firefox resetting (deleting all settings, bookmarks, etc) after power outage
Post by: ChadTower on May 18, 2007, 09:10:52 am

I'd recommend backing them up from time to time with an export.

Title: Re: Firefox resetting (deleting all settings, bookmarks, etc) after power outage
Post by: shardian on May 18, 2007, 09:11:58 am

Well that don't do me any good now. Why in the world would firefox wipe out everything in the first place???

Title: Re: Firefox resetting (deleting all settings, bookmarks, etc) after power outage
Post by: ChadTower on May 18, 2007, 09:13:54 am

Power interruptions do nasty things in Windows.  I'd be surprised if it is only Firefox that is wonked in some way.

Title: Re: Firefox resetting (deleting all settings, bookmarks, etc) after power outage
Post by: shardian on May 18, 2007, 10:05:25 am

I believe you are right about it being windows related. I also lost settings for Azureus, which also happened to be running when the power flickered.

Oh well.