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wiped my hard drive to factory settings but saved the FF folder can i / how do i import the bookmarks?

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Neko_Jay
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due to some virus or something i had to wipe my computer back to its factory settings, but before i did that i made a copy of the FF folder in my programs. is it possible to import my bookmarks from the folder? and how would i do it?

due to some virus or something i had to wipe my computer back to its factory settings, but before i did that i made a copy of the FF folder in my programs. is it possible to import my bookmarks from the folder? and how would i do it?

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If you saved the Firefox installation directory (default location C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ ) you will have lost your bookmarks.

Bookmarks and other user data are stored in the profile folder, on Windows XP this is normally found inside this folder - C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

If you have saved the profile folder, you can use the process in the recovering important data from an old profile article to copy the files to your current profile folder.

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TonyE
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If you saved the Firefox installation directory (default location C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ ) you will have lost your bookmarks.

Bookmarks and other user data are stored in the profile folder, on Windows XP this is normally found inside this folder - C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

If you have saved the profile folder, you can use the process in the recovering important data from an old profile article to copy the files to your current profile folder.

cor-el
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Other things that need attention:

Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.

  1. Java Plug-in 1.5.0_06 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
  2. Adobe Acrobat Plug-In Version 7.00 for Netscape

Update the Java plugin to the latest version.

Update the Adobe Reader plugin to the latest version.

Neko_Jay
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@cor-el Other things that... let me stop you there, its a help forum not an ad forum. if your response wont answer the question then frankly stfu your not helping

@TonyE Thank you, i wish i had copied that folder but at least i know to next time.