How can I find the old Firefox profile to migrate to a new computer?
Hello, my computer was stolen and I want to migrate my Firefox profile, especially the bookmarks, to my wife´s notebook before the one that I bought arrives. I did a system backup with Aomei Backupper that I am able to explore, however I cannot find the file with my profile. The AppData folder seems to be empty. I have selected the option to see all hidden files and folders and have done a search using all the key words (Firefox, profile, etc.) in the virtual folder created by the backup software, however no relevant files were found. The old computer ran with Windows 7 and my wife´s notebook runs Windows 8.1. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Gekose oplossing
Hmm, the normal profile folder location is under
AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
so if there is nothing under AppData, that definitely is a bad sign.
Are there any permission issues of the kind discussed in this thread that could be hiding some data: http://aomeitech.com/forum/discussion/151/access-denied-unable-to-open-folder-after-backup/
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Gekose oplossing
Hmm, the normal profile folder location is under
AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
so if there is nothing under AppData, that definitely is a bad sign.
Are there any permission issues of the kind discussed in this thread that could be hiding some data: http://aomeitech.com/forum/discussion/151/access-denied-unable-to-open-folder-after-backup/
Hello jscher2000, many thanks for your quick reply. The link you provided was very helpful. I copied the contents in the virtual driver to my new HD and was able to access the profile folder. All the best!