ving, go to mozilla forum & look in the sticky. Your bookmarks are not lost. They can be retrieved from your 'profiles' folder.
Use task manager & make sure that all Firefox entries are not running.
Goto start> run>& type in > firefox.exe -profile manager (notice space after exe & if '-profilemanager' doesn't work use '-p' only. This opens your profile folder. Select your original default profile from there. RESTART Firefox.Should be O.K. (please see attached).
HTH.

L.
ps. Goto >
www.pikey.me.uk/mozilla
for Bookmark Backup 0.3.3 This backs up your daily bookmarks everytime you close Firefox. The ext room also has it back on site.
>
http://extensionroom.mozdev.org
Another prog you can use is 'mozbackup'. This is v1.4.2 & will do Firefox & Thunderbird etc.
http://www.pcmag.co.uk/vnunet/downlo...1389/mozbackup
pps. See attached for important info.