Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded "- what to do?
If you receive the message "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded" in Firefox, you cannot start the browser for the time being. This practical tip shows you how to fix the problem.
Firefox: Profile cannot be loaded - you can do that
You need a profile to start Firefox. How to deal with the error message:
- If you have made a backup of your profile, you can restore this Firefox profile and use Firefox again.
- If you don't have a backup, you have to create a new profile so that you can use Firefox as usual.
- To do this, press the key combination [Windows] + [R] and enter "% appdata%". Confirm with [Enter].
- There go to the "Roaming"> "Mozilla"> "Firefox" folder.
- In this folder you will find the "profiles.ini" file. Delete them or give them a new name and then start Firefox.
- You can then create a new profile.
- You can also start the Firefox Profile Manager by entering "firefox.exe –p" under "Run" and clicking "OK". There you can then manage your Firefox profiles, delete them or add new ones.
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Read on the next page how to create a backup from Firefox. This practical tip is based on Firefox 46.0.1 under Windows 7.