Run the following command in the terminal:Ĭp ~/.mozilla/firefox_old/*default/ ~/.mozilla/firefox/*default/.If all goes well and Firefox is working again and you wish to restore your important data to the new configuration directory, please follow the steps below:
Try Firefox now and see if it works again. mozilla/firefox/ directory will be automatically created with fresh configuration files in it. Run the following in the terminal:Ĭp -r ~/.mozilla/firefox/ ~/.mozilla/firefox_old/ĭelete your current Firefox configuration directory. Back up your current Firefox configuration directory.and you will end up with a new default fresh copy of Firefox.
Be warned you will loose all your plugins, bookmarks, saved site logins. You can make Firefox build new fresh configuration if you rename/delete the current configuration directory. This can sometimes happen during Firefox or system upgrades. system crash, system reboot or shutdown while browser tabs are open). mozilla/firefox/ in the user's home directory get corrupted due to force kill Firefox (eg. Sometimes Firefox's configuration files located under.
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