I am unable to restore a profile with MozBackup 1.5.1. I receive the error message: The selected file is not a valid backup file.
Firefox 21.0 (en-us) -2013-05-27.pcv
Chosen solution
First you have to rename the .pcv file to .zip file
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_%28file_format%29
then you need a software to do that, probably freeware :
http://www.7-zip.org/ (is open source, one of the best)
thank you
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Hello jhack1277, see if after you rename the .pcv file to .zip (".pcv" file is actually a normal ".zip" file) you can unzip it and (if it not corrupted) manually restore the profile.
see for more information : Problems restoring with MozBackup?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder
thank you
Thanks for the help ideato, That didn't seem to help. I have used MozBackup many times before to sync my 2 computers but can't get it to work this time.
How do I "unzip" it?
Chosen Solution
First you have to rename the .pcv file to .zip file
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_%28file_format%29
then you need a software to do that, probably freeware :
http://www.7-zip.org/ (is open source, one of the best)
thank you
I unzipped the file( without restoring the profile) and used the MozBackup again-this time it worked. I'm not sure why, but Thanks very much for your help. Most of the instructions were over my head.