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Firefox Update deleted all of my bookmarks
Firefox | 12/9/16

Posted on 12/09/2016 11:25:32 AM PST by pabianice

I hav been getting nags from Firefox about "updating my obsolete version of Firefox. So I did. And all of my bookmarks disappeared.

Any advice on how to retrieve them? And no, Restore is no help. The update restarted my restore earliest date to after the update. Thanks, Mozilla.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: bookmarks; browser; firefox; mozilla
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1 posted on 12/09/2016 11:25:32 AM PST by pabianice
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To: pabianice

I dumped firefox a while ago and have been using Brave.

I don’t have any probs with Brave, but I’m no expert either.


2 posted on 12/09/2016 11:28:22 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: pabianice

Try exporting them from any other browser you may use.


3 posted on 12/09/2016 11:30:27 AM PST by dforest
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To: Grimmy

Brave Browser: Ousted Mozilla CEO Is Changing the Web Again
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3390678/posts


4 posted on 12/09/2016 11:30:31 AM PST by VitacoreVision
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To: pabianice
Recover lost or missing Bookmarks
5 posted on 12/09/2016 11:30:57 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: pabianice

i no longer get updates...and my firefox disappeared...i downloaded chrome and most of my old bm came along w/it...
i’m no geek, but i like chrome much better...sooner or l8r they will force me to buy a new ‘puter...till then...
;)
Dick G
*****


6 posted on 12/09/2016 11:31:04 AM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: pabianice

Too late now but I always use Xmarks addon with Firefox. Awesome tool.


7 posted on 12/09/2016 11:31:42 AM PST by Snowybear
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To: pabianice

They are trying to force you register your email account to save your bookmarks online.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=firefox%20save%20bookmarks%20online

Makes it easier for the NSA. </sarcasm>


8 posted on 12/09/2016 11:31:47 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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To: pabianice

For what its worth..I have been nagged to update my Firefox for the last 6 months and I am on the current version. I would run a serious virus/malware scan if I were you.


9 posted on 12/09/2016 11:31:56 AM PST by ratzoe (damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
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To: VitacoreVision

Bkmrk.


10 posted on 12/09/2016 11:32:31 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: pabianice

Backups are your friend...


11 posted on 12/09/2016 11:32:39 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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Start over. I bet you don’t use two-thirds of them.


12 posted on 12/09/2016 11:39:17 AM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: pabianice

This might help:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1027158


13 posted on 12/09/2016 11:40:06 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Bkmrk.

LOL! I SO wanted to report abuse on you so that your bookmark disappeared.
14 posted on 12/09/2016 11:40:20 AM PST by mmichaels1970 (Hillary lied over four coffins.)
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To: pabianice
There should be a directory within your profile directory called Bookmarks. Look for a file called "bookmarks.html".

Or search you entire hard drive for "bookmarks.*"

You could also open your Show All Bookmarks and click 'restore' and see what shows up for files.

15 posted on 12/09/2016 11:40:44 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave. - - Ronaldus Magnus Reagan)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That looks like a good solution.


16 posted on 12/09/2016 11:41:14 AM PST by mmichaels1970 (Hillary lied over four coffins.)
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-—happened to me about 6 months ago when I got a new computer—a restart fixed it-—


17 posted on 12/09/2016 11:41:27 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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“-—happened to me about 6 months ago when I got a new computer—a restart fixed it-—”


That happened to me about a year ago and I didn’t know how to fix it either,so I just let it go.

Don’t miss any of them.

.


18 posted on 12/09/2016 11:51:53 AM PST by Mears
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To: mmichaels1970

;)


19 posted on 12/09/2016 11:53:04 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: pabianice

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them


20 posted on 12/09/2016 11:54:08 AM PST by Boogieman
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