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Suddenly all my history has disappeared

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On history I still get the recent but if I go to show all history I get nothing but today. Help?!!

On history I still get the recent but if I go to show all history I get nothing but today. Help?!!

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Did you have any problems?

Look on your desktop. Do you see a folder called; Old Firefox?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible


Type about:profiles<enter> in the address bar. How many profiles are listed? How many should be there?

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Thank you so much for your reply. I tried about:profiles,interesting stuff but I've only got 2 listed and they are both from today after I did a refresh. So it seems as though it has started remembering history again but only from today. At least it's working but I've lost the past! Thank you once again.

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Firefox stores the history in the places.sqlite database file in the profile folder. You can try to restore and older copy of places.sqlite. Note that you lose bookmarks that have been added since the date this backup got created, so best would be to create and HTML backup before trying restore an older places.sqlite copy if one is available.

You can check in Windows Explorer if there is a previous version of the places.sqlite file available.

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Thank you.I was wondering if Windows stored history somewhere else. I found previous versions from your info.Loads of files but sadly no places.sqlite.Thanks for your help,but it looks like I've lost it all,but at least I've got it remembering from Mon.

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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

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/febe/ FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension)

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 backups of files that you choose.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/opie/ OPIE

Import/Export extension preferences

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Thank you so much. We don't want these problems but when you do get them it's an opportunity to learn. I've just learnt something else,thank you!