I somehow lost a user profile. I am sure I did not delete it but it no longer shows up when I start Firefox.

I believe it was after an update that only one profile is showing up. I no longer get a choice of profiles Firefox just opens. Can I recover my other profile. And if so how?
Thank you!

Is that profile still present on the hard drive?
*C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_missing_profile

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