Zen lost all settings and history. Complete reset.

[camrunr]

After a reboot today, Zen is reset, all settings lost. Any recovery options?
macOS, 1.7.6b

[dosubot[bot]]

I found 2 similar issues that might be helpful:

• recent update (i suppose) deleted some data - No solution found in the comments.
• ZEN deleted all my data - No solution found in the comments.

[camrunr]

In Library/Application Support/zen I see there is a profiles.ini and installs.ini. In the profiles directory I found vdvku7dd.default and i9njmdob.Default (alpha). All my previously created stuff was in the i9 dir. The vd dir was new. I removed the vd dir, and renamed the i9 dir to the vd name.

I was unsure of the contents of the ini files. Installs had ref to just the new dir:

> cat installs.ini
[278CDD2020B02885]
Default=Profiles/vdvku7dd.default
Locked=1

Whereas profiles had ref to both and more

> cat profiles.ini
[Profile1]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/vdvku7dd.default
ZenAvatarPath=chrome://browser/content/zen-avatars/avatar-55.svg
Default=1

[Profile0]
Name=Default (alpha)
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/i9njmdob.Default (alpha)
ZenAvatarPath=chrome://browser/content/zen-avatars/avatar-13.svg

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
Version=2

[Install278CDD2020B02885]
Default=Profiles/vdvku7dd.default
Locked=1

I decided not change either of the ini files. Starting up Zen after the directory switch brought back my stuff. I think. Still poking around.

[aliafshany]

Mine got reset today as well. I was checking Zen, installed everything, and got it ready to use. After a while, I lost my cookies and had to log in again.