Best is to use the Profile Manager to create a new profile folder if you previously replaced all file in the profile that Firefox created with the files of your backup. *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles You can copy certain files with Firefox closed to the current profile folder to transfer or recover personal data. Note that best is to avoid copying a full profile folder. <hr> *bookmarks and history: places.sqlite *favicons: favicons.sqlite *bookmark backups: compressed .jsonlz4 JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder *cookies.sqlite for the Cookies *formhistory.sqlite for saved autocomplete Form Data *logins.json (encrypted logins;32+) and key4.db (decryption key;58+) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager<br>key3.db support ended in 73+; to use key3.db in 58-72, make sure to remove key4.db *cert9.db (58+) for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager *persdict.dat for words added to the spell checker dictionary *permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other website specific data (Site Preferences) *sessionstore.jsonlz4 for open tabs and pinned tabs (see also the sessionstore-backups folder)