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Baldy

2007-03-28, 1:12 pm

I was having trouble with some autofill fields and a tech at
Roadrunner.com (my e-mail server) told me to clear all personal data
to in effect reset all to zero. I did so with Prefbar, but it really
didn't work, but what it did was to delete all my Passwords. Then I
found I hadn't backed up my Profile.

How can I find the Password file if I do a WinXP restore?

If I had saved my Profile would that have saved the Password file?

Thanks for any help on this confusing issue.
Don

Ben Mitts

2007-03-28, 1:12 pm

Baldy wrote:
> I was having trouble with some autofill fields and a tech at
> Roadrunner.com (my e-mail server) told me to clear all personal data
> to in effect reset all to zero. I did so with Prefbar, but it really
> didn't work, but what it did was to delete all my Passwords. Then I
> found I hadn't backed up my Profile.
>
> How can I find the Password file if I do a WinXP restore?
>
> If I had saved my Profile would that have saved the Password file?
>
> Thanks for any help on this confusing issue.
> Don
>


The only way to find any passwords is to go to:

Tools/Password Manager/Manager Stored Passwords/Show Passwords

Seems to me that if your original Profile
is still there, your passwords are also.

--
Peace!

Ben mitts

"If God seems far away,... who moved"
Miller

2007-03-28, 1:12 pm

*Baldy* wrote on 28.03.07 18:20:
> I was having trouble with some autofill fields and a tech at
> Roadrunner.com (my e-mail server) told me to clear all personal data
> to in effect reset all to zero. I did so with Prefbar, but it really
> didn't work, but what it did was to delete all my Passwords. Then I
> found I hadn't backed up my Profile.
>
> How can I find the Password file if I do a WinXP restore?
>
> If I had saved my Profile would that have saved the Password file?


Yes. The passwords of FF are stored in your profile in a file
called "signons2.txt".

HTH, Miller
Peter.Potamus.the.Purple.Hippo@gmail.com

2007-03-28, 1:12 pm

On Mar 28, 9:49 am, Miller <wurstwas...@gmx.org> wrote:
> *Baldy* wrote on 28.03.07 18:20:
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> Yes. The passwords of FF are stored in your profile in a file
> called "signons2.txt".
>
> HTH, Miller



you also need the file key3.db

Baldy

2007-03-28, 1:12 pm

On Mar 28, 9:51 am, Peter.Potamus.the.Purple.Hi...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 28, 9:49 am, Miller <wurstwas...@gmx.org> wrote:
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> you also need the file key3.db


Thanks Pete and Miller. I've now backed them up! I feel those are the
most important.

Don

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