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Every time Firefox updates all my bookmarks are lost. How do I recover them?

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laright
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Every time firefox updates my bookmarks get erased without any warning. The last time this happened my bookmarks reappeared on their own after several days, so I expect there is a backup somewhere, though I've never deliberately backed them up. Do I need to back up regularly to avoid this problem? Can I recover my bookmarks from my older version of firefox? Thanks

Every time firefox updates my bookmarks get erased without any warning. The last time this happened my bookmarks reappeared on their own after several days, so I expect there is a backup somewhere, though I've never deliberately backed them up. Do I need to back up regularly to avoid this problem? Can I recover my bookmarks from my older version of firefox? Thanks

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Zachary_
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Refer to this discussion: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data

Enjoy!

Scribe
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Hi, further to the above: Always try restarting Firefox - 3-bar menu > Exit Firefox in bottom right corner.

If that doesn't help, and in case a Refresh has occurred, please look on your Desktop for a file named Old Firefox Data - Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings.

If the file isn't there, you can try this: Open bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks > Import and Backup > Restore, and see if you have a backup there.

If not, please see -

cor-el
cor-el
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You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database (bookmarks and history) in the Firefox profile folder.

See also:

Do you have compressed .jsonlz4 backups in the bookmarkbackups folder?

  • Bookmarks -> Show All Bookmarks -> Import & Backup -> Restore
FredMcD
FredMcD
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These can't get your data back, but will help in the future.

These add-ons can be a great help by backing up and restoring Firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/febe/ FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension)

FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions, history, passwords, and more. In fact, it goes beyond just backing up -- It will actually rebuild your saved files individually into installable .xpi files. It will also make backups of files that you choose.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/opie/ OPIE

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