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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 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, passwords |
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>> 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 up |
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> 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. If |
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> it works, close "salvage1" and copy "places.sqlite" to the same place |
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> in the "salvage2" profile, and skip "Restoring bookmarks from backups". |
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> "Restoring bookmarks from backups" (ONLY IF places.sqlite IS 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. If |
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> 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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> Search engines are stored in the search.sqlite file and searchplugins |
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> 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 culprit. |
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> Copy the file of the same name from the "salvage2" profile to the |
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> "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 "salvage1" |
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> to the name of your old profile. Note that this will only affect the |
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> name that it is invoked with by the "-P" option. It will not change the |
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> 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" Firefox |
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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 bookmarks |
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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 |