Thom Posted April 15, 2008 Share #1 Posted April 15, 2008 i lost all my bookmarks in mozilla firefox , i did a restore , but no luck . can anybody tell me where they are and how to get them back ??? please , please , thom:bang head::bang head: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted April 15, 2008 Share #2 Posted April 15, 2008 i lost all my bookmarks in mozilla firefox , i did a restore , but no luck . can anybody tell me where they are and how to get them back ??? please , please , thom:bang head::bang head: C:\Documents and Settings\\Favorites In firefox, go to File | Import ... it's straightforward from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreezyRider Posted April 15, 2008 Share #3 Posted April 15, 2008 C:\Documents and Settings\\Favorites In firefox, go to File | Import ... it's straightforward from there Nope, that is where Internet Explorer favorites are, not where Firefox favs are stored. On my pc, my FF favorites are in: C:\Documents and Settings\my username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\(Random folder name here)\bookmarks.html The Application Data folder is a hidden system folder. You will either need to go into Folder Options in My Computer and click the option to Show all folders, or the easy way is to do a search for any file named 'bookmarks.html'. Be advised that there is a file with that name in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Defaults\Profile. You don't want that one, it is the one that is used with a new installation of FF, not your customized one. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted April 15, 2008 well i did that and all i got was imports from ie , not all of my bookmarks i lost from firefox thom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipshot Posted April 15, 2008 Share #5 Posted April 15, 2008 same thing happened to me , a while back. i did it to myself! i ran the "ccleaner", without first selecting what i DIDN'T want to remove. never did find any of my stored bookmarks. just jt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted April 15, 2008 Share #6 Posted April 15, 2008 first thing u need to check is if mozilla changed the user profile...... close mozilla at start...go to run..type in firefox.exe -profilemanager then click ok.........if there is more than 1 profile they will show up.....switch back and forth between the profiles.... open firefox and see if your bookmarks are there. you can leave it on which ever profile you want to use..... this has happened to me before if this doesnt work we have to find your original bookmarks..which aren't hard to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted April 20, 2008 Share #7 Posted April 20, 2008 Nope, that is where Internet Explorer favorites are, not where Firefox favs are stored. On my pc, my FF favorites are in: C:\Documents and Settings\my username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\(Random folder name here)\bookmarks.html My mistake... I thought he'd just installed Firefox and couldn't find the IE favorites. Don't ask me how I came to that conclusion ?????? DUH on me LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted April 20, 2008 thank you Cindy ! tomorrow am. i will try that , it happened on my office p/c , it has my work bookmarks in it , if i can get them back i am going to print it !! 'how come something so logical can make me feel so stupid" quote from Spock about p/cs i think he said that but i could be wrong:whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted April 21, 2008 nope nothing there but default profile Thom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted April 21, 2008 Share #10 Posted April 21, 2008 have you checked out this site or anything similar... http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted April 21, 2008 Share #11 Posted April 21, 2008 i will send you step by step instructions how to find them and restore them by private message so we dont have to clutter this up with a long post.... i'll get to it a lil later tonight..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted April 22, 2008 Share #12 Posted April 22, 2008 I just sent check your pm's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share #13 Posted April 22, 2008 thank you my lady Thom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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