Importing Firefox Bookmarks from Another Machine

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Ron Hardin

If anybody cares, if you're leaving machine OLD and want your Firefox
bookmarks on machine NEW, and your login name is USER

the bookmarks are in directory folder
C:/Documents and Settings/USER/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/*.default

where * will be some hash word, different on the two machines.

and in that folder there is
bookmarks.html

With Firefox closed on both machines, simply copy the file from
one machine to the other in the respective directories, overwriting the
bookmarks in the NEW machine. The new ones of course are gone then,
unless you copy them somewhere else first.
 
Hi Ron,

FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) allows you to quickly and easily
backup your Firefox extensions. In fact, it goes beyond just backing up --
It will actually rebuild your extensions individually into installable .xpi
files. Now you can easily synchronize your office and home browsers.

FEBE backs up your extensions, themes, and (optionally) your bookmarks,
preferences, passwords, cookies and just about everything else Firefox
offers (it can even backup/restore your entire profile).

Version 5.0 allows for user-defined backups. Single files or entire
directories can be specified to back up data for programs like Thunderbird,
Greasemonkey, etc.

Backups can be performed on demand or scheduled for daily, weekly, or
monthly unattended runs.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org
 
Ron said:
If anybody cares, if you're leaving machine OLD and want your Firefox
bookmarks on machine NEW, and your login name is USER

the bookmarks are in directory folder
C:/Documents and Settings/USER/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/*.default

where * will be some hash word, different on the two machines.

and in that folder there is
bookmarks.html

With Firefox closed on both machines, simply copy the file from
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Hi Glee

I appreciate you helping me!!!

Explorer.exe was not running under processing in task manager. I then did
what you suggested, "click File>Run, type explorer.exe and click OK". For a
split second something appeared, to quick to see, but it returned to the
blank desktop.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks again for your help.

DG


one machine to the other in the respective directories, overwriting the
bookmarks in the NEW machine. The new ones of course are gone then,
unless you copy them somewhere else first.
Click to expand...

You could also use an online service (comes as a FF extension) like
Foxmarks or Google Browser Sync.
 
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