Simviation Forum - Missing Bookmarks...again!

Reply #15 - Jul 18^th, 2008 at 3:46pm

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Hagar wrote on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 3:33pm:

Fozzer wrote on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 2:54pm:

It would be lovely if you just had to select "Import > Bookmarks" in Firefox, and a window popped up displaying the actual folder with all your previous Bookmarks in it, (hidden in the C Drive), and you just click on the set you want....Olay...sorted!!

...to easy...or what?.... Wink

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...!

You can do exactly that. Click Bookmarks > Organise Bookmarks.
Then click File > Import.

...trubble was...

There was only one option to "import from" in the "Import" Window in the previous Firefox 2...(where I lost my Bookmarks)....>>

...*Internet Explorer*...

...not from Firefox itself!... Wink

...!

(Bjorn described a complex way of retrieving them, which finally worked).

Paul... Wink

...!

Firefox 3 seems to me laid out differently... Roll Eyes

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Reply #16 - Jul 18^th, 2008 at 3:50pm

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Fozzer wrote on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 3:46pm:

Hagar wrote on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 3:33pm:

Fozzer wrote on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 2:54pm:

It would be lovely if you just had to select "Import > Bookmarks" in Firefox, and a window popped up displaying the actual folder with all your previous Bookmarks in it, (hidden in the C Drive), and you just click on the set you want....Olay...sorted!!

...to easy...or what?.... Wink

...

...!

You can do exactly that. Click Bookmarks > Organise Bookmarks.
Then click File > Import.

...trubble was...

There was only one option to "import from" in the "Import" Window in the previous Firefox 2...(where I lost my Bookmarks)....>>

...*Internet Explorer*...

...not from Firefox itself!... Wink

...!

(Bjorn described a complex way of retrieving them, which finally worked).

Paul... Wink

...!

Firefox 3 seems to me laid out differently... Roll Eyes

...!

Ah Firefox 3. You never told me that. Roll Eyes

I'm still using good ol' Firefox 2.

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Reply #17 - Jul 18^th, 2008 at 3:58pm

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This was the option which was always giving me grief...>>>

....only one choice...Import from *Internet Explorer*

Paul...got it all sorted now...'till next time...

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Reply #18 - Jul 18^th, 2008 at 4:14pm

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At great personal risk I just installed Firefox 3 to check it out. I lost my trusty Google Toolbar* & several other useful plugins in the process but didn't lose a single bookmark. The option you want has changed slightly. Click Bookmarks > Organise Bookmarks. Then click the Import & Backup tab. Select the Import HTML option.

You will still have to locate the backup profile you wish to restore. I suggest finding the location now & creating a shortcut to it. The folder is named bookmarkbackups. The files have a "bookmarks" prefix. Shouldn't be difficult to find from the Windows Search function.

*Meanwhile, I'm going back to Firefox 2. Tongue

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