Junk folder is stuck in the trash

Somehow I accidentally moved my junk folder to the trash, and for the life of me cannot get it out.

Since you haven't had any answer for almost a week, I thought I might give it a shot. This method works for creating a Trash folder; it might work for Junk as well.
See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb#w_how-to-find-your-profile to locate your profile.
Using your File Explorer, go to your profile and the look at the level below that for Mail or ImapMail (depends on whether you use POP or IMAP). Then in whichever folder, find your INBOX. In the same folder, if you have a Junk.msf file, delete it (or rename it Junk.bak). Delete the Junk folder in Trash.
Check your Account Settings -> Junk Settings to specify where junk messages are to go.
Restart TB and see if that fixes it: mark something as Junk and see where it goes.

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