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[arethinn]

I've been using sqlite3's "vacuum" function on Firefox (well Pale Moon)'s various .sqlite files since some much earlier version, 4.x probably (whenever they changed from using bookmarks.html to places.sqlite). I've heard some places that there is suppsoedly no need to do this in later versions because it vacuums itself now, or that it's bad to do it for some reason, but I still find it necessary (and not harmful) because otherwise the places.sqlite file especially can get quite large (i.e., if they actually do have any self-vacuuming in place, it -- forgive me -- sucks). Mine on this computer is currently 20 MB and I don't see any need for it to be that big, especially since I have site icons/favicons turned off. But at some point (can't pinpoint when) sqlite3 has begun to error on trying to vacuum cookies.sqlite and places.sqlite, saying the files are "encrypted or not a database." I think it still runs fine on my laptop, successfully vacuuming all the files, which makes this more confusing. Anyone have any ideas? All I can find on the net is "try deleting the sqlite files" and um, I don't really want to lose my bookmarks and cookies (even if Sync will redownload them I suppose, it's kind of a pain).