If you're anything like me you tinker with your Firefox nearly every day of the week trying out new extensions, trying new settings and just generally mucking about. Also, you'll find that every now and then your install just isn't as fresh as it once was. Well, I cleaned up my FF profile this morning and started afresh again, making using the browser all nice and shiny again. How did I do this? Well here goes:

1. Find your profile folder (should be in C:\Documents and Settings\#Windows Username#\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\)

2. Make a copy of the profile folder, then delete the original. Also delete the profiles.cfg and pluginreg.dat files in the Firefox Folder (up above profiles)), then run Firefox and create a new profile on prompt.

3. Copy from your original profile folder the following files/folders:

- bookmarks.html (Bookmarks)

- cookies.txt (Cookies)

- cert8.db, secmod.db, key3.db and signons.txt (Saved Passwords)

- search.rdf file and searchplugins directory (Search)

4. Go to addons.mozilla.org and re-install your extensions. You'll probably find yourself installing less that you had before.

Hopefully once you have done this you should have a profile resembling what you had, but without all the clutter. A couple of minor tweaks later on and you should be back exactly how you were.