Installed Beta 8 -- now version 3.6.13 is using settings used for Beta 8 ???? [Duplicate of /questions/774245]

Installed V4 Beta 8 -- now version 3.6.13 is using settings used for Beta 8 ????
I thought you are supposed to be able to run the 2 as different programs with different settings, but this is not the case for me right now.
What am I doing wrong?
I downloaded the new version of 3.6.13 as an upgrade from 3.6.12 which has been used just fine.
I then downloaded and installed Firefox version 4 Beta 8.
When I opened beta 8 I started making some adjustments to put a few thing in there that I really like and started upgrading some of the add-ons that say they were not compatible, etc, etc, etc.....
...got to a place I was fairly happy with ere I was at enough to "Test beta 4' out --- like I thought I was supposed to be able to do ---
went back to open up normal firefox 3.6.13 and --whoa!!-- it has the settings of everything I just has set up for the Beta!!!! aughhhh!!!!!
I really need to know how to get my 3.6.13 settings back to how the were and use Beta 8 as a separate program like it states you can.
Thanks
.

Makes enough sense and I thought it might be a profile issue, but only after the fact, so why does is not say this upfront ...
In the release notes I find this about installation:
-- and exactly what I read:
[[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0b7/releasenotes/]]
Installing
Please note that installing Firefox 4 Beta will not overwrite your existing installation of Firefox. You won’t lose any of your bookmarks or browsing history, but some of your extensions and other add-ons might not work until updates for them are made available.
nothing more nothing less... nowhere in that installation process does it say, state or imply -- Create a new profile first -- or see xxxxx article about using betas /pre-release, etc...
Well, I could cry about it more, but I guess not too many other people have had this problem, I did search a bit before posting my question , and I consider myself pretty competent about this kind of stuff..
Next task ... ... ... Is there any place a backup is stored in the profile folders that have maybe my 3.6.12 Extensions and Extensions settings????
I know the main folder is located here " %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ "
but I am not currently on that particular PC to look at it to see if I can figure it out myself.
So any help will be GREATLY appreciated!!!
I may have a backup created recently with MozBackup 1.4.10, but again I will have to look on that PC when I get back there tomorrow... ... ...
So any help will be GREATLY appreciated!!!
Thanks for your time
...

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