Lost all my book marks in the FF update

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7zark7
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Lost all my book marks in the FF update

Post by 7zark7 »

Fuckery! :mad:

Loaded up FF this morning... ALL my bookmarks are gone. :cry:
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

Post by Big Kahuna Burger »

just wait for all of your add-ons to not work too
7zark7
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

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They broke my grease monkey too :mad:
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Post by +JuggerNaut+ »

bookmarks is one thing, but don't be blaming FF on the add-ons and such not working.
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I'll blame who ever I want!
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bork[e]
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

Post by bork[e] »

i don't know if an update actually touches this folder or not, but have you checked your profiles folder to see if they are there?
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PhoeniX
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

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%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

Look in there for the bookmarkbacups folder
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

Post by Fender »

If you installed the beta, then it is a separate install and probably has a separate bookmark file.
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Captain
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PhoeniX wrote:%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

Look in there for the bookmarkbacups folder
Aye, all your profile settings, bookmarks, and add-ons should be in there.

If you get it all fixed up Zark, try MozBackup.
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On a related note, why is it that I can't import a bookmarks file to a new FF install that I exported from an old FF install? New OS, new FF, when I select Import it just asks if I want to import from IE! I tried placing said bookmarks file in the correct location (delete and rename, etc.) and it simply over-wrote it.

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Whenever I do a re-install, or move to a new comp, I just drop my old bookmark.html file on my desktop. I open them from there then re-add one at a time. I tend to build up some clutter, so this helps get rid of it.
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Fender wrote:Whenever I do a re-install, or move to a new comp, I just drop my old bookmark.html file on my desktop. I open them from there then re-add one at a time. I tend to build up some clutter, so this helps get rid of it.
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

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7zark7 wrote:Fuckery! :mad:

Loaded up FF this morning... ALL my bookmarks are gone. :cry:
lol no0b...they ain't gone...
7zark7
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

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PhoeniX wrote:%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

Look in there for the bookmarkbacups folder
they're not there...
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

Post by R00k »

I had that happen once too. Not in the backups folder, nowhere in my profile. The only bookmarks.html file on my hd was a brand new one. >=\

I've since started backing them up to another drive regularly.
scared?
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

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my bookmarks date back from 1995...i would be pissed if i was a moron...
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

Post by Cooldown »

Maybe for some weird reason your firefox user profile changed. Close firefox if it's open, and go to start> run > type "firefox.exe -ProfileManager" and choose a different profile.

i recommend FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109 you can backup all your extensions/themes/bookmarks/settings/etc and have automatically create backups at scheduled intervals
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Re: Lost all my book marks in the FF update

Post by Sevensins »

Also look for a bookmarks.bak in your profile directory.
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