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--- kb:restore_after_firefox_reset [2015/08/10 00:17] – dstillman
+++ kb:restore_after_firefox_reset [2017/11/22 13:47] – bwiernik
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+**This article applies to the deprecated Zotero for Firefox (pre-Zotero 5.0) plugin. It will only be relevant for current versions of Zotero if you have recently upgraded from Zotero for Firefox.**
 ====== Restoring Zotero after using "Refresh Firefox" ======
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   - Re-install [[http://www.zotero.org/download/|Zotero]]. Don't worry if you find your Zotero library empty at this point.
-  -  [[/support/zotero_data#locating_your_zotero_library|Locate your new but empty Zotero data directory]]. Keep this directory open, but make sure Firefox is closed. Delete the ~1 MB zotero.sqlite and the "storage" directory — which should be empty, if it exists at all — from that directory. (Don't empty the trash yet.)
+  -  [[/support/zotero_data#locating_your_zotero_library|Locate your new Zotero data directory]]. Keep this directory open, but make sure Zotero (for Zotero Standalone 4.0 or Zotero 5.0) or Firefox (for Zotero 4.0 for Firefox) is closed.
-  - Locate the "Old Firefox Data" folder on your desktop. This contains your old Firefox profile.
+  - In the data directory, you should see a zotero.sqlite with a file size of approximately 1 MB, meaning that it's empty. Rename the zotero.sqlite file to zotero.sqlite.old and the "storage" directory, if one exists, to "storage.old".
+  - Locate the "Old Firefox Data" folder on your desktop. This contains your old Firefox data, including your old Zotero data directory. If possible, make a backup of this directory.
   - Locate the "zotero" folder within the "Old Firefox Data" folder and open it. Move the "zotero.sqlite" file and "storage" folder over to the new Zotero data directory.
-  - If you installed Zotero for Firefox in (1), restart Firefox. Skip this step if you installed Zotero Standalone.
+  - When you now open Zotero, you should find your library restored. You can then delete the "zotero.sqlite.old" and "storage.old files" from your data directory.
-  - When you now open Zotero, you should find your library restored.
+{{tag>kb-obsolete zotero_for_firefox}}