Bookmarks not in profiles folder

wlowe61 · 01-22-2009, 03:36 PM

I have recently re-installed Windows XP and am trying to get my Firefox bookmarks back. I copied the bookmarks.htm file that I thought contained my bookmarks:
Documents and Settings/Application Data/Mozilla... profiles

However, when I re-installed it they were older bookmarks and I realized the file had a date on it of August 2008. When I reinstalled Firefox and tried to add new bookmarks, it adds them and I an see them in the browser, but the file in my profiles folder is still this old bookmarks file and it is not updating with the newly added ones. If this isn't the current bookmarks file, where is it?

Thanks,
Whitney

BoIgeNuiS · 01-22-2009, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by wlowe61

I have recently re-installed Windows XP and am trying to get my Firefox bookmarks back. I copied the bookmarks.htm file that I thought contained my bookmarks:
Documents and Settings/Application Data/Mozilla... profiles

However, when I re-installed it they were older bookmarks and I realized the file had a date on it of August 2008. When I reinstalled Firefox and tried to add new bookmarks, it adds them and I an see them in the browser, but the file in my profiles folder is still this old bookmarks file and it is not updating with the newly added ones. If this isn't the current bookmarks file, where is it?

Thanks,
Whitney

Hello, and welcome Whiteny!
Just before I can help you, which version do you have?Please go to Help>About and tell me the version. Thank you@
Zack

wlowe61 · 01-22-2009, 11:52 PM

It is version 3.0.5

Thanks,
Whitney

BoIgeNuiS · 01-23-2009, 03:02 PM

no problem
If you have already re-installed Windows, your data is gone.
You must have had Firefox 2, right?
But, to answer your question its places.sqlite, which is a database. You will need a program to view it.

01-22-2009, 03:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
wlowe61 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: winXP SP2	Bookmarks not in profiles folder I have recently re-installed Windows XP and am trying to get my Firefox bookmarks back. I copied the bookmarks.htm file that I thought contained my bookmarks: Documents and Settings/Application Data/Mozilla... profiles However, when I re-installed it they were older bookmarks and I realized the file had a date on it of August 2008. When I reinstalled Firefox and tried to add new bookmarks, it adds them and I an see them in the browser, but the file in my profiles folder is still this old bookmarks file and it is not updating with the newly added ones. If this isn't the current bookmarks file, where is it? Thanks, Whitney

01-22-2009, 11:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
wlowe61 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: winXP SP2	Re: Bookmarks not in profiles folder It is version 3.0.5 Thanks, Whitney

01-23-2009, 03:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
BoIgeNuiS Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 8 OS: Windows XP sp2, Windows 7 Beta, Windows Vista	Re: Bookmarks not in profiles folder no problem If you have already re-installed Windows, your data is gone. You must have had Firefox 2, right? But, to answer your question its places.sqlite, which is a database. You will need a program to view it.