Firefox help

[expat]

I performed a restart on my computer, it had been on all day and was getting slow. Upon restart, I went to use Firefox and all my bookmarks are gone along with what I had put on the task bar, however all my cookies still worked i.e always logged in to SimV when I come to the forums. Has anyone any idea what has happened??

Matt

[expat]

Problem solved.

Matt

[Fozzer]

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1179327229

Same problem the other day...!

Tell me what you did to quickly correct it, Matt....?

I still have the problem, leaving me with no other option but to load all my Bookmarks back manually... ...!

Paul.....life is too short.... :-/....!

[WebbPA]

I've never had this happen but there is no need to load all of the bookmarks manually.

Fx 2.x stores 5 days of bookmark backup files in Profile\bookmarkbackups.  Just copy the last dated one into your profile and rename it bookmarks.html.

[expat]

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1179327229

Same problem the other day...!

Tell me what you did to quickly correct it, Matt....?

I still have the problem, leaving me with no other option but to load all my Bookmarks back manually... :'(...!

Paul.....life is too short.... :-/....!

If you type in Firefox lost bookmarks into the www, then a million people will have you doing different things. I found a very quick and easy solution deep in the Firefox website.

This the way I did it. Webb's way would also work and as he says, Firefox makes bookmark backups every 5 days.

Firefox keeps its backups in a hidden folder. To reveal hidden folders, first click Start>>Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options. Select the View tab. Under "Hidden files and folders," select "Show hidden files and folders." Then click OK.

Open Firefox and click Bookmarks>>Manage Bookmarks. Click File>>Import. Under "Import Bookmarks from," select From File. You'll be prompted for the location of the backups. They are saved in the following location:
C:\Documents and Settings\NAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles

Note that "NAME" will be your Windows account name. You'll see a folder with a nonsense name (your Firefox profile). Open it and find the backups in the Bookmarkbackups folder.



Hope this helps

Matt

[Kaworu]

If you look at my post,http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1179528943, I had an identical problem. What you figured out fixed it! Thanks!

[Fozzer]

WOW...!

Thanks, Matt... ..!

Followed your 'structions...

I clicked here, I clicked there, I clicked everywhere...

..and, as though by Magic...

IT WORKED...!

I wonder what caused it to happen in the first place?
Like you, I can't remember doing anything naughty to cause it... ...!

Thanks again,  Matt, it saved me a LOT of work. (LOADS of Bookmark Folders/files!).

Paul... ...!

[expat]

WOW...!

Thanks, Matt... ..!

Followed your 'structions...

I clicked here, I clicked there, I clicked everywhere...

..and, as though my Magic...

IT WORKED...!

I wonder what caused it to happen in the first place?
Like you, I can't remember doing anything naughty to cause it... ...!

Thanks again,  Matt, it saved me a LOT of work. (LOADS of Bookmark Folders/files!).

Paul... ...!

Glad to be of help. Like you I did nothing to receive the wrath of the computer Gods, all I did was restart :-/

Matt