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How to import LDIF to Firefox 10.1 Windows XP

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(Previous attempt at this paragraph may have bombed.) I just installed Firefox 10.1 on a 64 bit Intel powered PC running Windows XP. I exported the bookmarks LDIF file from the PC it replaced, but find no way to import it into Firefox 10.1. The bookmarks toolbar is turned on, but shows no import / export function, and I find it nowhere in any of the menu displays. Surely the Mozilla folks have not deleted that important function?

(Previous attempt at this paragraph may have bombed.) I just installed Firefox 10.1 on a 64 bit Intel powered PC running Windows XP. I exported the bookmarks LDIF file from the PC it replaced, but find no way to import it into Firefox 10.1. The bookmarks toolbar is turned on, but shows no import / export function, and I find it nowhere in any of the menu displays. Surely the Mozilla folks have not deleted that important function?

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Not sure what the 'bookmarks LDIF' file is. Is this some bookmark file used in another browser ?

Firefox currently deals with bookmarks in three sorts of files:

  • HTML for compatability with other browsers etc, it may export bookmarks in this format. or import them and append to its own bookmarks database
  • places.sqlite this is the database that stores the current bookmark set and history.
  • .JSON these are the format it exports and imports in by default, and also stores some automated backups in.