SOLVED - Firefox loses its settings

[menotu]

I checked these menotu but they are for extensions and don't help with my problem. But thanks.

Hi Maurice Pleased you got it (partly solved) following rubes advice.

FEBE actually does a lot more than just extension backups - as the previous screenshot shows it backs up most items associated with Firefox.

And backups can be set for daily/weekly/monthly at a specified time etc (or on browser start-up or shutdown)

[ternor]

I don't understand why backing up the Firefox profile folder needs to be so complicated.  I was using tar at the end of each day to create an archive.  Now I copy the profile to a usb stick, adding a date to the copy name.

[djohnston]

I don't understand why backing up the Firefox profile folder needs to be so complicated.  I was using tar at the end of each day to create an archive.  Now I copy the profile to a usb stick, adding a date to the copy name.

You're right. It doesn't. One can even do a simple copy/paste. Maurice's problem arose when he moved the folder instead of copying it.

[Xenaflux]

there is also < kbackup > in the repos for small every days things ( or big ones )

[The Chief]

When he moved the folder, I suppose all the pointers got updated to point to the new location.  When he copied it back, it still left everything pointing at the original location (which had been moved).

Or maybe it just did a sym link to the moved location.   

Moral:  Copy is for backups, not Move!   

[pags]

Possibly, one of the moves (maybe done as root?) change the ownership and/or permissions of some or all of the files, rendering them un-usable for the intended user...