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can places.sqlite and places.sqlite.old both be in proflile? unable to delete after rename

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Chiliphallus
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when i start Nightly Firefox, or Firefox get prompt unable to use bookmarks on startup.. went to profile and renamed places file adding .old closed program. Still got error so went back and noticed both files now present, and was unable to remove. Deleted and again its still there. What did i do wrong?

when i start Nightly Firefox, or Firefox get prompt unable to use bookmarks on startup.. went to profile and renamed places file adding .old closed program. Still got error so went back and noticed both files now present, and was unable to remove. Deleted and again its still there. What did i do wrong?

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cor-el
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You can check the read/write permissions of all files (especially places.sqlite) in the profile folder and make sure that you are the owner.

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

Boot the computer in Windows Safe mode with network support to see if that has effect in case security software is causing problems.