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bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member -  
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Hello,

I'm in deep trouble.

Last night I cleaned my computer following the advice in the "my PC is slow, what to do?" section.

However, I did not delete the restore points.

This morning I had lost my 200 addresses collected over a year of hard work and neatly organized in the Firefox bookmarks.

No problem, I told myself, I'll restore it.

Horror, everything had disappeared....

Thank you to anyone who can guide me in restoring this bookmark or at least in recovering the restore points.

Thank you
Configuration: Windows XP Firefox 2.0.0.2

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  1. escro Posted messages 1 Status Member 3
     
    This inconvenience may have happened to you before. After a crash of the Firefox browsing client, all your bookmarks (the equivalent of favorites in Internet Explorer) have disappeared. So, unless you know all the addresses of your favorite websites by heart, you had to search for the pages one by one and re-save them again. To prevent this from happening, there is a simple solution that involves backing up these bookmarks.

    1. RECOVER
    First, launch the Firefox software. Then, expand the "Bookmarks" menu and select "Organize Bookmarks."

    In the new page that appears, expand the "File" menu and select "Import."

    Then you just need to search on your PC, the name of the search tool is normally bookmarks and you will click on it, there you go.

    Your bookmarks will now be restored. And to ensure this doesn’t worsen, follow the second instruction:

    2. The second step is to back them up.

    First, launch the Firefox software. Then, expand the "Bookmarks" menu and select "Organize Bookmarks."

    In the new page that appears, expand the "File" menu and select "Export."

    And place it wherever you want.
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    1. Saskyia Posted messages 1 Status Member
       
      Thank you for your advice, I followed the steps by going through "Organize bookmarks / Import and Backup / Restore" as I couldn't find the file named bookmarks.
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    2. mikelangelo Posted messages 6 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   197
       
      Isn't there something that saves them for you? Because thanks ^^ but not everyone thinks of that ^^

      + this solution doesn't work all the time ^^ (see: https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-21789373-problem-avec-firefox-et-skype-en-meme-temps#p21789373)
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    3. ROY
       
      YES !! well seen, thank you!
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    4. Anne
       
      Hello everyone,
      After doing some cleaning on my Mac using the CCleaner software, I lost my hundreds of bookmarks collected and stored in the bookmarks (favorites) of Firefox....
      Can you help me find them?! Because the methods mentioned above refer to PC, and I can't find the equivalent on Mac.
      Thank you very much!
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  2. blondin777 Posted messages 6162 Status Contributor 945
     
    in the same path:

    C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ygfpv9i0.default

    you should have a folder named bookmarkbackups.
    inside it is usually the backup of your bookmarks.

    By opening firefox, bookmarks, manage bookmarks you should be able to use it to restore your bookmarks.
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    1. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
       
      Restored bookmark!!! Thank you, chef.

      But where will I find the system restore points... because I guarantee that I haven't deleted them.
      I do have daily system checkpoints, but the dialogue box tells me that no changes have been made to the registry...

      Another problem I have on the CCM site is that the display switches to black text on a white background, whereas it doesn't happen on others.
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    2. cagalou
       
      Excellent, thank you for the solution blondin777, you helped me recover my bookmarks that were deleted after a crash of Firefox, thanks again.
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    3. soda
       
      thank you, I used
      bookmark
      organize the bookmarks
      backup
      there you go
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    4. Cysabaloo
       
      Thank you, it saved me too.
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    5. ANO
       
      you saved my life
      thank you very much
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  3. blondin777 Posted messages 6162 Status Contributor 945
     
    C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\eugroxku.default\bookmarks.html.

    There you go!!

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    Knowledge is only wealth if it is shared.
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    1. titefleur
       
      Thank you so much for the advice because after a partial reinstallation of my PC I had lost most of my bookmarks and naturally the most important ones were the ones that disappeared. Thank you infinitely for this trick.
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  4. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
     
    Thank you for your response.

    However, I just launched Tune Up Utility and especially its tool "TuneUp Undelete" which just recovered 15,960 deleted files in good condition for the most part, some of which date back to 2006.

    What would be the name of this "cache"?
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  6. blondin777 Posted messages 6162 Status Contributor 945
     
    Hello.

    The name of the file where the Firefox bookmarks are stored is called bookmarks.html.

    See you later!
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    Knowledge is only wealth if it is shared.
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    1. Anne
       
      Hello, do you know what this file would be called on a MAC? Because I lost all my Firefox bookmarks after using CCleaner yesterday, and I’m trying to find them but so far I can’t seem to locate them... I would appreciate any help!!! Thanks in advance.
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  7. blackdam Posted messages 332 Status Member 35
     
    All your Firefox cache has been erased after following the instructions of "my PC is slow... what to do?"
    You should never embark on cleanups or other suggestions, even if there is a tutorial, without first knowing what will happen.
    Unfortunately, I think that this cache is permanently erased, even with a system restore.
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  8. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
     
    Thank you... Do you happen to know the way?? Because it seems to me that I restored a beast like that and maybe my "fire fox" doesn't know how to open it anymore??
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  9. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
     
    Thank you very much, Blondin... I'll keep you updated.
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  10. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
     
    file found at

    C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ygfpv9i0.default

    it's a 266kb BAK file named: bookmarks.html. last modified on 02/23/2007 but the issue dates from this morning

    what's that??
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  11. blondin777 Posted messages 6162 Status Contributor 945
     
    Here’s some good news!

    But why do you want to restore your system restore points?

    Everything is back to normal, right?
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    Knowledge is only wealth if it is shared.
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    1. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
       
      I am curious and I would like to know what foolishness I might have done since I only cleaned it 2 months ago.

      Why are the last 3 dots there, but empty??
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  12. blondin777 Posted messages 6162 Status Contributor 945
     
    Curiosity is a bad flaw;-)

    I'm joking, of course. But I don't know if it's worth knowing what really happened.

    Moreover, if we try to figure out the why and how, I'm afraid it will take us a lot of time.

    See you later
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    Knowledge is only wealth if it is shared.
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    1. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
       
      OK you are right, but I pointed out another display issue:

      The other problem I have on the CCM site is that the display turns to black text on a white background, which doesn't happen on others.
      Here is the error message from the Firefox console:
      Warning: Unknown property 'filter'. Declaration dropped.
      Source file: default.css
      Line: 3 Warning: Unknown property 'filter'. Declaration dropped.
      Source file: default.css
      Line: 3
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  13. blondin777 Posted messages 6162 Status Contributor 945
     
    I don't see what you call the Firefox error console.

    Can you clarify?

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    1. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
       
      firefox-tools-console error
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  14. blondin777 Posted messages 6162 Status Contributor 945
     
    I don't have it at home because I'm still on version 1.5.0.10.

    Have your problems not occurred since you upgraded to version 2.0.0.2?

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    Knowledge is only wealth if it is shared.
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    1. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
       
      I installed Firefox 2 and I've made 2 updates
      the last one a few days ago... you might be right.

      But I want to clarify that right now the display is only distorted on the CCM site, on this forum.
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  15. blondin777 Posted messages 6162 Status Contributor 945
     
    I'm saying this because you wouldn't be the first person to encounter problems since the install of version 2.0.0.2 of Firefox.

    Otherwise, I don't really see what it could be.

    See you later
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    Knowledge is only wealth if it is shared.
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  16. bernardo31 Posted messages 309 Status Member 48
     
    Thank you for what you did once again.
    You really got me out of a tough spot
    @+
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  17. blondin777 Posted messages 6162 Status Contributor 945
     
    But I beg you. It was a pleasure.

    See you later
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    Knowledge is only wealth if it is shared
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  18. thazhok
     
    I just had the same problem and I thank those who provided the solution, you just saved me from the sh*t if I may say so ^^
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  19. Malou Grimbérieux
     
    Hello,
    I have the same problem; bookmarks were deleted after the Firefox update, installation of version 2.
    But when I explore Firefox, I can't find the Profiles folder or any username, so I don't have any saved data!
    I have reinstalled some bookmarks from memory, but if they are saved somewhere, I would really like to find them!
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  20. lolodu74
     
    You need to "unhide the hidden files"! Let me explain, go to "My Computer", "Tools", "Folder Options...", then the "View" tab and finally check the box "Show hidden files and folders".
    There you go, and after that it should work.. good luck!
    I have a problem too, I've lost my bookmarks but since then I've changed bookmarks twice
    SUMMARY: my old bookmarks that I want are no longer in bookmarks backup so I don't know if there's a remedy
    See you later!
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  21. dume
     
    I read your email because I have the same problem with the erased bookmark, and after applying data, I couldn't see the rest of what you said.
    Can you tell me more?
    Thank you.
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    1. kookabura
       
      Another solution, which I have already used well, is that a bookmark file is automatically created with each important change in the operation of Firefox, which often saves us from drowning.
      What a genius, the person who invented Firefox, saving all these little losers like us…

      Here is the exact address of the auto backups, which obviously does not work after a formatting.
      And don’t forget to show your hidden files in the tools/folder options...

      C:\Documents and Settings\PC name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\mrlh5w11.default\bookmarkbackups

      is my bookmark backup from before the system recovery, which was done without my permission but forgiven.

      Hoping to have saved you. Happy New Year to all!
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    2. andrea
       
      Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!
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