lost bookmarks

[Thom]

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:

[SilvrT]

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

[FreezyRider]

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.

[Thom]

well i did that and all i got was imports from ie , not all of my bookmarks i lost from firefox

thom

[hipshot]

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

[Cinderella]

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.

[SilvrT]

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

[Thom]

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:

[Thom]

nope nothing there but default profile

Thom

[SilvrT]

have you checked out this site or anything similar...

 

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

[Cinderella]

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.....

[Cinderella]

I just sent check your pm's

[Thom]

thank you my lady

Thom