Hidden files as backup...

[zed <zed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

I've had to do a complete reinstall of LinuxMint on my Desktop computer. 
Fortunately I had a backup of Firefox, including the hidden folders on a USB
pendrive.

After the reinstall was completed I renamed the home/.mozilla file and
copied the backup in its place, expecting that when I opened Firefox all my
Bookmarks and Add-ons etc would be there.  They weren't :-(

Opened /home/.mozilla in and found that the files  contained the same data
as in the backups. Copied the backup files over to /home/mozilla again and
checked all the files contained the same data as in the backup files.

Closed everything and then opened Firefox. Still does not display my
Bookmarks.  I have repeated the actions taken but just cannot get Firefox to
display the Bookmarks in /home/.mozilla

I am now at a complete loss and seek your guidance.

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zed