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On opening Firefox this morning I have no bookmarks, history or back and forward buttons that work. I've tried to Restore the bookmarks, but get a message saying Unable to process backup file. I can't find a Places folder or a profile on my Mac. I'm us

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When I launched Firefox (3.5.9) this morning I had no bookmarks and no history, and the back and forward buttons no longer worked. I tried to Restore the bookmarks but I get a message saying 'Unable to process backup file'. I can find no Places folder for Firefox nor can I see a Profile on my Mac. I've tried the various ideas mentioned in the Support folder but none seem to work. I also have Safari on my Mac and this is working fine with all the bookmarks. Can you help?

When I launched Firefox (3.5.9) this morning I had no bookmarks and no history, and the back and forward buttons no longer worked. I tried to Restore the bookmarks but I get a message saying 'Unable to process backup file'. I can find no Places folder for Firefox nor can I see a Profile on my Mac. I've tried the various ideas mentioned in the Support folder but none seem to work. I also have Safari on my Mac and this is working fine with all the bookmarks. Can you help?

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cor-el
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See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

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All worked very well - this is a good solution. The key was finding the Profiles in my Users folder.