Please try taking ownership of the parent folder:
Exit Firefox before running any of these commands.
(please make a copy of the following instructions in notepad)
If that doesn't work (access denied), keep trying the parent folders, eg:
and so on:
If one of these works, use the same path to add your user with full access:(where "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" is the path that worked)
Does takeown work on any of the paths?
Exit Firefox before running any of these commands.
(please make a copy of the following instructions in notepad)
Code:
takeown /f "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" /r /d yCode:
takeown /f "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox" /r /d yCode:
takeown /f "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla" /r /d yIf one of these works, use the same path to add your user with full access:
Code:
icacls "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" /grant %username%:F /tDoes takeown work on any of the paths?
Statistics: Posted by void — Sat May 09, 2026 12:40 am
