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Firefox keeps dropping my bookmarks or perhaps not storing them when I ask it to. Is there a fix?

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Firefox keeps dropping some of my bookmarks and not storing others when I ask it to. Also, in searching for answers, I found out that I have 2 profiles. I couldn't open any of the 3 items in the first but in the second one I found a number of dated bookmarkbackups files. Am I supposed to have 2 profiles? How do I fix all this.

I have also noticed other anomalies and wonder if they are part of the new 32.0 download I just got. Today, twice, exactly 27 instances of Firefox opened when I clicked on it just once.

Firefox keeps dropping some of my bookmarks and not storing others when I ask it to. Also, in searching for answers, I found out that I have 2 profiles. I couldn't open any of the 3 items in the first but in the second one I found a number of dated bookmarkbackups files. Am I supposed to have 2 profiles? How do I fix all this. I have also noticed other anomalies and wonder if they are part of the new 32.0 download I just got. Today, twice, exactly 27 instances of Firefox opened when I clicked on it just once.

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If you or Firefox itself did a reset, a new profile would be created.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile Recovering important data from an old profile If you've had to create a new Firefox profile, this article will explain how to recover information like bookmarks, history and passwords from an old one.

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These can't get your data back, but will help in the future.

These add-ons can be a great help by backing up and restoring Firefox

FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) {web link} FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions, history, passwords, and more. In fact, it goes beyond just backing up -- It will actually rebuild your saved files individually into installable .xpi files. It will also make backup of files that you choose.

OPIE {web link} Import/Export extension preferences