Why did my Firefox re-set itself?

I was at the site (auditmypc.com) and all of a sudden firefox wouldn't work anymore. I exited and re-opened and a scree to create a 'user' popped up. When I finally got firefox back up, all my links and settings were erased. Any insight as to why this happened? THanks.

 

Check out the very first one on this list, number 94. But what puzzles me is that, I believe, auditmypc is a trusted site. Anyway, worth a look:

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox0.10.1

Acadia

 

Check your profile directory.(I'm assuming you know where, if not just ask) Are the files still there?

 

Acadia no , the bug you refer to will not delete bookmarks, or other browsers settings as those are stored in the profile directory elsewhere and not the download directory.

 

That very same thing happened to me yesterday for the first time. Huh?
I had clicked a link, it was building, but then I decided I did not want it, so tried to close out. FF then hung, not responding, so quit in Task Manager and when I went to reopen it, up pops this message do I want to create a User Profile.

I cancelled, and then rebooted, but when I opened FF again, it was like I was visiting all the sites for the first time, all my cache had been wiped out.

One other thing that has happened also twice now, when I clicked to Submit a Private Message [only on PM, not post reply], up pops a big Netscape window wizard, wanting me to connect to 'talk/chat program', when this happens I quit and the cache has been wiped out again for some reason.

Everything else is hunky dory though.

TAS

 

Are you sure the profile is not just locked?

Check if the files still exist below.
Most people use default user as the profile name


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Before the configuration files are presented, you should know how to find your "profile folder", as it is commonly called. The profile folder is where Firefox saves all your settings and refers to a location on your hard drive.

On Windows XP/2000, the path is usually %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.xxx\, where xxx is a random string of 3 characters. Just browse to C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ and the rest should be obvious.

On Windows 95/98/Me, the path is usually C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.xxx\

 

This might be a handy prog next time:

What's MozBackup?

MozBackup is a utility for creating backups of Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup mail, favorites, contacts, etc. This program is freeware.



http://backup.jasnapaka.com/