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Firefox shortcut deleted on my taskbar. Cannot get recent data back when booting it back up.

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I had been uninstalling unused programs. Just cleaning my laptop up. When I finished, I clicked Firefox on my taskbar, however a popup appeared saying something along the lines of "The item ____ that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly. Do you want to delete this shortcut?" I didn't uninstall Firefox or do anything to it, so I was confused. I tried clicking it again, I got the same result, so I clicked Yes. I opened Firefox again and I had been logged out. After logging back in and syncing what I could, I wasn't able to get all of my data back. This includes things such as passwords, history, the theme I was using, and extensions. What bugs me the most is that I have lost my Bitwarden master password, because foolishly I did not write it down. Any help is greatly appreciated! I am not the most skilled with technology. If this has already been discussed, sorry about that. I'm pretty frustrated about this.

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I had been uninstalling unused programs. Just cleaning my laptop up. When I finished, I clicked Firefox on my taskbar, however a popup appeared saying something along the lines of "The item ____ that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly. Do you want to delete this shortcut?" I didn't uninstall Firefox or do anything to it, so I was confused. I tried clicking it again, I got the same result, so I clicked Yes. I opened Firefox again and I had been logged out. After logging back in and syncing what I could, I wasn't able to get all of my data back. This includes things such as passwords, history, the theme I was using, and extensions. What bugs me the most is that I have lost my Bitwarden master password, because foolishly I did not write it down. Any help is greatly appreciated! I am not the most skilled with technology. If this has already been discussed, sorry about that. I'm pretty frustrated about this. Thanks :-)

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