Simviation Forum - Firefox help

May 19^th, 2007 at 11:01pm

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I performed a restart on my computer, it had been on all day and was getting slow. Upon restart, I went to use Firefox and all my bookmarks are gone along with what I had put on the task bar, however all my cookies still worked i.e always logged in to SimV when I come to the forums. Has anyone any idea what has happened??

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Reply #1 - May 20^th, 2007 at 12:57am

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Problem solved.

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Reply #2 - May 20^th, 2007 at 3:09am

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http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1179327229

Same problem the other day...!

Tell me what you did to quickly correct it, Matt....?

I still have the problem, leaving me with no other option but to load all my Bookmarks back manually... Cry

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Reply #3 - May 20^th, 2007 at 9:41am

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I've never had this happen but there is no need to load all of the bookmarks manually.

Fx 2.x stores 5 days of bookmark backup files in Profile\bookmarkbackups. Just copy the last dated one into your profile and rename it bookmarks.html.

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Reply #4 - May 20^th, 2007 at 9:50am

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Fozzer wrote on May 20^th, 2007 at 3:09am:

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1179327229

Same problem the other day...!

Tell me what you did to quickly correct it, Matt....?

I still have the problem, leaving me with no other option but to load all my Bookmarks back manually... Cry

...!

Paul.....life is too short.... Undecided

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If you type in Firefox lost bookmarks into the www, then a million people will have you doing different things. I found a very quick and easy solution deep in the Firefox website.

This the way I did it. Webb's way would also work and as he says, Firefox makes bookmark backups every 5 days.

Firefox keeps its backups in a hidden folder. To reveal hidden folders, first click Start>>Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options. Select the View tab. Under "Hidden files and folders," select "Show hidden files and folders." Then click OK.

Open Firefox and click Bookmarks>>Manage Bookmarks. Click File>>Import. Under "Import Bookmarks from," select From File. You'll be prompted for the location of the backups. They are saved in the following location:
C:\Documents and Settings\NAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles

Note that "NAME" will be your Windows account name. You'll see a folder with a nonsense name (your Firefox profile). Open it and find the backups in the Bookmarkbackups folder.

Hope this helps

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Reply #5 - May 20^th, 2007 at 10:17am

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If you look at my post,http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1179528943, I had an identical problem. What you figured out fixed it! Thanks!

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Reply #6 - May 20^th, 2007 at 12:18pm

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WOW...!

Thanks, Matt...

..!

Followed your 'structions...

I clicked here, I clicked there, I clicked everywhere...

..and, as though by Magic...

IT WORKED...!

I wonder what caused it to happen in the first place?
Like you, I can't remember doing anything naughty to cause it... Roll Eyes

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Thanks again, Matt, it saved me a LOT of work. (LOADS of Bookmark Folders/files!).

Paul...

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« Last Edit: May 21^st, 2007 at 3:58am by Fozzer »

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Reply #7 - May 20^th, 2007 at 4:46pm

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Fozzer wrote on May 20^th, 2007 at 12:18pm:

WOW...!

Thanks, Matt...

..!

Followed your 'structions...

I clicked here, I clicked there, I clicked everywhere...

..and, as though my Magic...

IT WORKED...!

I wonder what caused it to happen in the first place?
Like you, I can't remember doing anything naughty to cause it... Roll Eyes

...!

Thanks again, Matt, it saved me a LOT of work. (LOADS of Bookmark Folders/files!).

Paul...

...!

Glad to be of help. Like you I did nothing to receive the wrath of the computer Gods, all I did was restart Undecided

Matt

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