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Retrieve Firefox passwords

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waren56 Posted messages 83 Status Member -  
bazfile Posted messages 58492 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -
Hello,

I just reinitialized Windows and I forgot to retrieve my saved passwords from Firefox. I have a complete copy of my old Windows on another hard drive, so I was wondering if I could recover my passwords by copying a Firefox folder to the new hard drive.

Thank you for your help.

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    bazfile Posted messages 58492 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 268
     
    Hello,
    They are in the Firefox profile folder C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles the passwords are stored in the files key4.db and logins.json.

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    1. waren56 Posted messages 83 Status Member
       
      Thank you, I copied these files to my new hard drive, it's good now.
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    2. bazfile Posted messages 58492 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 268
       
      I mark it as resolved.
      Have a nice day.
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