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04-14-2006, 09:40 AM
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Mozilla/Firefox deleated 'bookmarks' this morning !
Good morning all...
 On screen this morning had notice of latest update from Firefox/Mozilla to 1.5. Reboot got me a suprize ! 'Bookmarks' list was empty.  Went to Firefox help page but I cannot duplicate what they suggest...that is run MS Windows and run Firefox in 'safe mode'  Anyone found a simple way of recovering my previous links/bookmarks etc ? .
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04-14-2006, 09:45 AM
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Odd, mine updated last night and never wiped those out.....thank goodness.
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04-14-2006, 09:54 AM
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Someone telling they didn't have a problem is about as much use as a chocolate tea pot !C'mmon.....I need help here ! .
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04-14-2006, 10:08 AM
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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04-14-2006, 10:20 AM
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There may be other threads here on the forum about Firefox bookmarks, but the one I remember off the top of my head is this one.
I occasionally make a backup copy (different name, different location) of my bookmarks file. I think there may even be a Firefox extension or some such to generate archive copies automatically.
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04-14-2006, 10:32 AM
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OK, using the Windows "Search for Files or Folders" and searching on "bookmarks", I see a number of files. Sorted by date, this is what's in the folder for my normal Firefox profile:
bookmarks.bak bookmarks.html bookmarks-2006-04-14.html bookmarks-2006-04-13.html bookmarks-2006-04-12.html bookmarks-2006-04-11.html bookmarks-2006-04-10.html It appears that I am automagically covered a few days back in case of disaster. I think that a wholesale change of bookmarks is as simple as copying (with Firefox not running) the desired .html file to the folder for your usual Firefox profile, then renaming it "bookmarks.html". Poke around using the file search, and see what sort of bookmarks files are still on your system. Last edited by Eskimo; 04-14-2006 at 10:45 AM.
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04-14-2006, 10:56 AM
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WIN search has found all my 'bookmarks'....how do I copy them into firefox though ?
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[http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/01/14/youve-got-problems-not-issues/ ] "A liberal is someone who feels they owe a great debt to their fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."
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04-14-2006, 11:08 AM
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BOOKMARKS>MANAGE BOOKMARKS>FILE>IMPORT.
Then locate the files in the little dialogue box.
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04-14-2006, 11:20 AM
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When you're looking for likely candidates among the results of the Windows search, pay attention to the file size. The default bookmarks file that comes with Firefox is tiny; my regular working bookmarks file is >400KB in size. This is a manual way of replacing the entire bookmarks file. You might want to try the method that justinwrock has offered to see if that more conveniently gets you where you want to be.
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04-14-2006, 11:52 AM
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Thanx everyone....have 'bookmarked' the bookmarks page that opened from 'search files'....so, for now, I have my origonal list of bookmarks listed in Bookmarks.
Hey...it works for me ! My IT guy is coming by next week to sort it out...he said his update didn't loose his bookmarks either BHD....ain't that nice .
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[http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/01/14/youve-got-problems-not-issues/ ] "A liberal is someone who feels they owe a great debt to their fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."
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