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thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> Thelma |
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> On 11/12/2015 05:30 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 01:56:28PM -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com |
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> > wrote |
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> >> I do agree, but I'm looking for a way to fix it. What file should I |
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> >> delete from Firefox profile. I just want to retain bookmarks, |
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> >> passwords etc. |
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> > Do *NOT* delete any files just see. I would suggest the following |
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> > course of action... |
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> > * Do not start any of the profiles unless the instructions say to |
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> > * Create 2 new profiles; call them "salvage1" and salvage2" |
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> > ***IMPORTANT*** If copying any specific file to "salvage1" screws |
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> > up that profile, do ***NOT*** copy it to "salvage2". |
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> > * Copy the "places.sqlite" file from the bad profile over top of the |
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> > "places.sqlite" file in the "salvage1" profile |
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> > * Start up the "salvage1" profile. Try surfing for a few minutes. |
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> > If it works, close "salvage1" and copy "places.sqlite" to the same |
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> > place in the "salvage2" profile, and skip "Restoring bookmarks from |
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> > backups". |
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> > "Restoring bookmarks from backups" (ONLY IF places.sqlite IS |
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> > DAMAGED) |
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> > ===================================================================== |
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> > * Copy all the files from the "bookmarksbackup" folder in the bad |
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> > profile to the "bookmarksbackup" folder in the "salvage1" profile. |
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> > * Start up the "salvage1" profile. Select... |
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> > Bookmarks ==> Manage Bookmarks |
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> > From the Bookmarks Manager select... |
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> > Tools ==> Restore |
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> > ...and select a backup. Obviously, the more recent the better. |
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> > If this works, close the browser ("salvage1") and repeat with the |
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> > "salvage2" profile. |
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> > ===================================================================== |
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> > There are several more items... |
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> > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data |
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> > Passwords are stored in the key3.db and logins.json files. |
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> > Site-specific preferences are stored in the permissions.sqlite and |
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> > content-prefs.sqlite files. |
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> > |
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> > Search engines are stored in the search.sqlite file and |
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> > searchplugins folder. |
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> > Personal dictionary is stored in persdict.dat |
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> > etc, etc. I know that it's painfull, but... |
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> > 1) Make sure "salvage1" and "salvage2" are both shut down. |
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> > 2) Copy over *ONE* file listed on the above webpage at a time to the |
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> > "salvage1" profile, and launch "salvage1" and try it out. |
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> > 3) If it works, shut down "salvage1", and copy the same file over to |
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> > the "salvage2" profile. If "salvage1" dies, you've found a |
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> > culprit. Copy the file of the same name from the "salvage2" profile |
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> > to the "salvage1" profile. |
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> > 4) GOTO 1 (i.e. "rinse, lather, repeat") and repeat for every file |
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> > listed on the webpage I pointed to. There may be more than 1 |
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> > corrupted file |
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> > After you're finished, you can go to |
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> > Tools ==> Switch Profile ==> Manage Profiles |
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> > There, you can rename or delete the old profile, and rename |
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> > "salvage1" to the name of your old profile. Note that this will |
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> > only affect the name that it is invoked with by the "-P" option. |
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> > It will not change the directory name. |
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> Thank you for detailed instructions, that was a good idea but I'm |
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> puzzled and surprised by the result. |
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> I created two new profiles: |
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> salvage1 (new) |
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> salvage2 (new) |
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> test (this profile is damaged) |
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> Originally started profile salvage1, salvage2 to create all the |
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> necessary files. |
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> I've copied all the files from: .mozilla/firefox/tscsip8f.test/ (not |
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> sub-folders) |
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> to: salvage1 profile, indeed something is dammage CPU goes 100% |
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> Deleted "salvage1" and recreated it. |
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> Now, I copied files "one by one" from test profile to salvage1 and |
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> started "salvage1" every time to make sure it work. At the same time I |
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> copied the same file from "test" to "salvage2" (without starting |
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> "salvage2"); I was only starting "salvege1" after each file I copied. |
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> I finished copping all the file from test "one-by-one" starting the |
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> profile "salvage1" and it worked but when I started profile "salvage2" |
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> the CPU when 100%. |
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> So it seems to me every time I was restarting profile "salvage1" |
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> Firefox was correcting the error some how. |
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> Though, I can not import the bookmarks, I'm on Firefox-bin-38.3.0 |
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> There is no entry: Bookmarks ==> Manage Bookmarks |
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> I have: Bookmarks ==> Show All Bookmarks |
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> where I can restore and backup bookmars. I've tried to restore |
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> bookmarks from file: bookmarks-2015-11-12.json |
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> but I'm getting an error message: "Unable to process the backup file." |
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> Thelma |
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Maybe you'll find some help here: |
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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_process_the_backup_file_-_Firefox |
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Regards |
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wabe |