Hi,
Recently i accidentally messed up my system on Linux and had to re-install it, i backed up my Firefox profiles before re-installing. Now i tried to follow the following guide that is made my Mozilla about restoring Firefox profiles to a new PC https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles, after following the steps i find that not everything is kept. For example, the extensions i have installed were there but it was like i just installed them since they had none of the previous data of my old Firefox install. Another apparent example is the firefoxcss that i had previously in my computer didn’t seem to work (i probably have to re-enable it). in my profile i ticked the option for deleting cookies every time i close Firefox, while this works, i think it works too well because it resets Firefox entirely, like it will even remove extension data if i did any modifications to them, and will give me the welcome to Firefox screen thingy.
So i was wondering if there was a possible fix for it somehow since i don’t want to re-do my profiles manually.
I generally back up the whole
~/.mozilla, and if I restore it after reinstall, everything is as it was. I’ve not tried isolating only the profile, seems pointlessly complicated.I mean in the guide given by Firefox about this they said to copy the desired profile only, i guess perhaps it’s too late now and i need to re-do my profile?
You’re still using the previous user name? … otherwise problematic.
i think it works too well because it resets Firefox entirely, like it will even remove extension data if i did any modifications to them,
I had the opposite issue a while back, cookies weren’t being deleted at all. I had to start over with a fresh profile to fix it.