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firefox-3.0 package

lost bookmarks

Asked by Bob

3.0.11 in Ubuntu 9.04

All of a sudden I have lost my bookmarks and restore says it is unable to process any backup file.

Where are these files kept so I can see it in fact they are still there to try to retrieve them.

Oh, for the power of a backup. <g>

Thanks in advance. Bob.

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midnightflash (midnightflash) said : 		#1

The normal files are in:
/home/<USERNAME>/.mozilla/firefox/<VARIOUS>.default/

The are no backups in normal circumstances.
And that ".mozila" directory might be wrong depending on the version of Ubuntu...
But it's something like this.

Greetings

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Bob (bbrazie) said : 		#2

Any idea on why they just vanished?

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Vihar (vmankov) said : 		#3

May be some upgrading of FireFox did it?
Did you find bookmark file(s) in the ./mozilla directory? It's a hidden directory and you can see it together with the others by using Ctrl+H in Nautilus, the default file browser.

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Bob (bbrazie) said : 		#4

I did a Google search and found a KB article directing me to delate tow files that where most likely corrupt.

They were and were re-built and all is fine now.

Sorry for the trouble.

Bob.