Mozilla problem
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Fleet Mechanic
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Mozilla problem
Hey PC Gurus:
This morning I was messing around, had a Firefox window open along with some OpenOffice stuff, and all of a sudden got a "your Mozilla Firefox has just been updated" notice along with some kind of "you have been updated but not upgraded" BS, so I just closed all the boxes and windows, reopened Firefox...
AND MY BOOKMARKS ARE ALL GONE!
I tried doing a system restore and got a point from yesterday, but it didn't help.
Any clues? There were some bookmarks for stuff that took hours to find.
Thanks for any help.
Erik
This morning I was messing around, had a Firefox window open along with some OpenOffice stuff, and all of a sudden got a "your Mozilla Firefox has just been updated" notice along with some kind of "you have been updated but not upgraded" BS, so I just closed all the boxes and windows, reopened Firefox...
AND MY BOOKMARKS ARE ALL GONE!
I tried doing a system restore and got a point from yesterday, but it didn't help.
Any clues? There were some bookmarks for stuff that took hours to find.
Thanks for any help.
Erik
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Hey Erik. 
Firefox keeps backups of bookmarks, so all hope is not lost.
Mine are at: C:\Documents and Settings\{your login ID here}\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ebwt09lz.default\boo kmarkbackups
I also use XP pro, and I'm not 100% sure how XP home handles user IDs. Worst case, you can do a search for a folder called bookmarkbackups and find what you need.
Andy
Firefox keeps backups of bookmarks, so all hope is not lost.
Mine are at: C:\Documents and Settings\{your login ID here}\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ebwt09lz.default\boo kmarkbackups
I also use XP pro, and I'm not 100% sure how XP home handles user IDs. Worst case, you can do a search for a folder called bookmarkbackups and find what you need.
Andy
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My Firefox update each and every time without a hitch. I'll look but I think there is a setting for update bookmarks when you first installed. Check out what Andy said, he has saved me once or twice without him knowing.
I did find this though.
Firefox losing bookmarks
I did find this though.
Firefox losing bookmarks
Last edited by berkad; Jun 5, 2007 at 07:03 PM.
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Hello Andy:
Thanks, I use XP PRo too, but the weird thing is that my filepath stops at C:\Documents and settings. I also cannot find a folder by the name given, or anything close to it.
Edit: I changed search parameters to filename "bookmarks" and included hidden files/folders, and found some saved copies!!
Thanks Andy.
Thanks, I use XP PRo too, but the weird thing is that my filepath stops at C:\Documents and settings. I also cannot find a folder by the name given, or anything close to it.
Edit: I changed search parameters to filename "bookmarks" and included hidden files/folders, and found some saved copies!!
Thanks Andy.
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Originally Posted by andym
Berkad - what'd I do?
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Another option we have had to to - is to do a restore and go back prior to the updates by a couple of days and all is well again.
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