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Missing bookmarks

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I got an error popup when I opened Firefox. It says that the bookmarks and history system aren't functional because they're being used by another program. I believe that bcwipe is the program, although it has never done this before. About:support is not providing any additional information. I cannot restore my bookmarks from the bookmarks toolbar either, even though there appears to be backup copies there, but they won't open. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I got an error popup when I opened Firefox. It says that the bookmarks and history system aren't functional because they're being used by another program. I believe that bcwipe is the program, although it has never done this before. About:support is not providing any additional information. I cannot restore my bookmarks from the bookmarks toolbar either, even though there appears to be backup copies there, but they won't open. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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The best first thing to do is a pain in the butt, but that is to close out of your programs and do a normal restart of Windows. This should release all file locks.

If the problem continues in your next Firefox session, please see the following article: Fix "The bookmarks and history system will not be functional" error message.

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