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Stygma
Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:46 am Post subject: Firefox help |
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| All my bookmarks were just wiped somehow, while I wasn't in the browser, as well as all my nifty little quick tabs under the address bar. Anyone know what happened? I'm missing a lot of very important sites. :cry: |
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Gus
Joined: 17 Jun 2005
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Location: Tampa, FL
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:50 am Post subject: |
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You might be SOL, but check and see if Firefox just created a new profile for some reason by going to Start -> Run and typing "%appdata%\mozilla\firefox\profiles". If there's more than one folder in there, there is a very good chance that your bookmarks and stuff are in the other folder (the one without the ".default" extension). If not...then you're SOL.
It's a known problem, and usually happens when Firefox does not shut down cleanly (power failures, forced exits during shutdowns, etc.).
\/\/\/ Try that stuff first \/\/\/ |
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David
Joined: 28 Dec 2003
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Location: Louisiana
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:38 am Post subject: |
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It was a problem with an earlier version but is supposed to be fixed now.This should help you out:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks |
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Stygma
Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, I ran %appdata%\mozilla\firefox\profiles and found a folder with a saved copy of the list, so I'm just re-bookmarking them. Thanks for the help. :-D |
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Protostar
Joined: 30 Jul 2004
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Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Or you could just use Opera. |
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spearsy23
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
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Location: Fulton, Ks
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| Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Protostar wrote: Or you could just use Opera.
:clap: The only real solution to teh crappy. |
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poweRob
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| Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:38 am Post subject: |
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On an unrelated note... When you upgrade to newer versions of Firefox, after you download your new version, be sure to uninstall firefox BEFORE you install the new one. It stops some potential problems down the road. It's often really difficult to uninstall older Firefox versions after newer ones are installed.
No worries about bookmarks and extensions. After an uninstall, you still maintain those for the new install. |
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Gus
Joined: 17 Jun 2005
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Location: Tampa, FL
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| Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:37 am Post subject: |
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Protostar wrote: Or you could just use Opera.
He wants his bookmarks back. Switching to Opera will not bring them back.
:bang: |
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