Lost bookmarks, toobars, history with new 3.6.12 upgrade

updated to firefox 3.6.12 and lost all my bookmarks, toolbars, history etc. How do I go back to the previous version?

From which version did you update?
* In Firefox 3.6 and later on Windows you can hide the "Menu Bar" via "View > Toolbars" or via the right-click context menu on a toolbar.
* Press F10 or press and hold the Alt key down to bring up the "Menu Bar" temporarily.
* Go to "View > Toolbars" or right-click the "Menu Bar" or press Alt+V T to select which toolbars to show or hide (click on an entry to toggle the state).
See:
* [[Menu bar is missing]]
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customization
See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

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