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| Thread ID: 106757 | 2010-01-22 00:02:00 | Upgrade to Firefox 3.6 has lost all bookmarks | Orca (3098) | Press F1 |
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| 850704 | 2010-01-22 00:02:00 | I recently upgraded from Firefox 3.5.x to the new 3.6 today from inside the browser. After restarting the program it appears to have lost all my bookmarks. Have checked the profile folder and can see the bookmarks.html file but it doesn't appear to be reading it. I wonder if the new version is not using the bookmarks.html file anymore? Any ideas? |
Orca (3098) | ||
| 850705 | 2010-01-22 00:10:00 | Dont know what the prob maybe. But bookmarks.html does still work. But I uninstalled 3.5.7, then installed 3.6. Then imported the bookmarks file again, and it worked fine | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 850706 | 2010-01-22 00:16:00 | By what process do you 'import' the bookmarks from the old version Speedy? I kinda just kludged a fix for it. In the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile directory there is a default bookmarks.html file there with the default bookmarks for when you make a new profile. I copied over my bookmarks.html file (400kb) and overwrote the one that was there, then I made a new profile using the profile wizard. This has got my bookmarks back. But I look in the new profile folder F:\My Stuff\Firefox profile\Orca where all the profile data is and there isn't a bookmarks.html file in there. So I'm left wondering where is it reading all these bookmarks from? |
Orca (3098) | ||
| 850707 | 2010-01-22 00:16:00 | you could use MozBackup it saves everything | Roger Hunt (13648) | ||
| 850708 | 2010-01-22 00:17:00 | I export the bookmark, (I've kept a copy on the hdd). Then import it after | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 850709 | 2010-01-22 01:28:00 | Something has obviously gone wrong with the upgrade, or it was told not to import the Bookmarks. I've done the upgrades on over a dozen PC's and the bookmarks all automatically came across. To recover them try this: Depending what version of windows you are using, do a search for *.json, its the format FF now keeps the backup Book marks, Example (www.imagef1.net.nz) assuming it locates them, open the directory and copy to another location, then in FF , Bookmarks / organize bookmarks / Import and backup /Restore/ Choose File - navigate to the json file and import it. browse path (www.imagef1.net.nz) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 850710 | 2010-01-22 02:10:00 | Yep that works as well wainuitech, thanks! | Orca (3098) | ||
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