Comments on: Firefox settings not being saved

Question: Firefox settings not being saved

docpops — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:15:13 -0800

Firefox won't save my settings.

Firefox inexplicably updated itself, lost all my bookmarks, and now also opens up without any of my prior settings for the toolbar (new tab, history, bookmarks, etc.).

Anyone know how I can correct this?

By: chrisamiller

chrisamiller — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:20:19 -0800

make sure you're using the right profile.

Start>run, then "firefox -p"

By: docpops

docpops — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:39:44 -0800

Sorry - it's not a user profile issue. Each time I open FF I have to go in and re-apply all the settings for the navigation toolbar. It seems like a bug w/ FF and I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this.

By: scazza

scazza — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:27:01 -0800

Well from my experience this happens every time Firefox updates. So I never update it anymore. I know it's not much but I hope that's some help.

By: IndigoRain

IndigoRain — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:44:04 -0800

Your profile may have been corrupted.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup

This forum is great for Firefox support and allows guest posting so you don't have to register.

By: worldswalker

worldswalker — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:26:06 -0800

These instructions have worked for me.

By: needs more cowbell

needs more cowbell — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:01:10 -0800

I had this problem recently. I did *not* have multiple profiles set up or anything, but it did turn out to be a profile issue. Creating a new profile and then using that one solved the problem for me.

Warning about deleting Firefox profiles.