Lost Mozilla Firefox Bookmarks?

Question

About once a month I lose all my bookmarks in my Mozilla Firefox browser...Why does this keep happening? What can I do to get my bookmarks back?

I usually have about 20 bookmarks so its frustrating to re-bookmark all of them! I checked the website, and most of the stuff there went right over my head. :-P

I'm using version 2.0.0.1. and I'm the only one that uses my computer, so no one's tampering with my once neatly organized bookmarks D:

Answer 1

Yes, Firefox saves them on your computer and they're probably still there!

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile#locate

It's in a file called "bookmarks.htm" - each profile has a different folder. I think each time you uninstall and reinstall Firefox, it just creates a new profile (I know it leaves the profile there)

In the future, after you get the bookmarks back to where you like them, make a backup copy - just export your bookmarks in your documents.
Bookmarks > Organise Bookmarks > File > Export...

I hope this helps,
Amanda

Answer 2

Unless you have a nasty ( or some other person,
maybe unwittingly ) playing with your Firefox settings,
then thi is usally a case of the browser's profiles
getting in a tangle. Depending on which version of
Firefox you are using, this link may help you:

http://home.att.net/~cherokee67/fflostbkmk.html

Always worth saving your own backup copy of the
Bookmarks as a web page of links on a regular basis.
Easily imported back in.

HTH.

Answer 3

you are better off not using firefox for all your bookmarks, as they don't save them in their system. only put the non-important ones there. use yahoo bookmarks as the bookmarks are save in yahoo's servers and you'll never lose them. to get them, you'll have to download the yahoo tool bar..

Answer 4

JUST SEARCH IN UR APPLICATION DATA /MOZILLA FIREFOX/PROFILES/.......... BOOKMARKS SEARCH IT UP BUUDDY KOI 100 BOOKMARKS LAGATA HAI KYA CHUTIYE........................