Firefox update & Zotero add-on Error
I used the Zotero plugin for Firefox this morning and I believe that after an automatic Firefox update today, the plugin has disappeared. Under Add-ons it shows it as "Legacy" but I can no longer access my files.
Any advice?
Any advice?
We could debug this, but the easiest thing to do would be to install Zotero 5.0 and the new Zotero Connector for Firefox, which you'll need to do in the near future anyway due to changes coming in Firefox 57 (as explained in A Unified Zotero Experience).
Thoughts? What about restoring an older Firefox version?
Let's back up. What do you mean by "can no longer access my files"?
If you mean that you reset Firefox and see an empty Zotero library, see Restore After Firefox Reset. If you mean something else, we'd need more details.
If you have the standalone Zotero program installed, though, you can just point it at the 'zotero' directory in your Firefox profile directory.
There's essentially no way that upgrading Firefox would've deleted your data, so it's still on your system.
I've been using for years, but never had this problem. I'm kind of at a loss as to how to proceed. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I'm a teacher who is screwed without access to Zotero files. Would it work to download Zotero again and direct it to my existing zotero.sqlite file (providing it still exists)?
@fbennett any chance that this is a quick fix?