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LPBBEAR

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12. Firefox

Wed Apr 7, 2021, 06:45 PM

Apr 2021

Firefox keeps all of your user files in /home/yourusername/.mozilla Take note of the .

The dot indicates a hidden folder. Turn on hidden folders to see that folder.

To test Firefox's issue that you're seeing close Firefox and rename the .mozilla folder to old.mozilla.

Restart Firefox. Firefox will automatically create a new copy of that folder. I'm not sure what you mean by Favorites spacing but that change should tell you if Firefox will work correctly in your updated version. If so you should be able to import your old bookmarks from the old folder.

You can also reverse this by closing Firefox, deleting the new .mozilla folder and renaming the old.mozilla back to .mozilla. That will return all of your original Firefox settings and bookmarks and probably what ever issue you were seeing.

For the music startup issue check that the upgrade didn't default to a lowered volume or muted volume during the upgrade process.

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