Inadvertent click over 'clear list' crashed the list of downloaded files.How to retrieve that list?

Question

I was downloading the Firefox -5 update yesterday(07-07-2011),
while the process was going on,the 'clear list' tab situated in the left side lower corner was pressed by me inadvertently causing disappearance of the list of all other completed,incomplete and
failed downloaded files.The problem is how to retrieve the aforesaid
list of the downloaded files.Can the downloaded files themselves
also be crashed due to this mistake?If it is so,which is the way to
retrieve those files also?

Answer 1

Sorry again for the Windows menu paths, on Linux use Edit > Preferences instead of Firefox/Tools > Options as I've posted before.
I never told you to disable settings in that part to the history settings, you did that yourself ([[/questions/897299#answer-276610]]).<br />
I told you to check the settings in "Clear history when Firefox closes"
Did you try to delete the downloads.sqlite file in case there is a problem with the file?
Did you check the permissions for all files in the Firefox Profile Folder?
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile":
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile
There may be extensions and plugins installed by default in a new profile, so check that in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions & Plugins" in case there are still problems.
If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox