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not syn my bookmark,tags,etc,. of my mozila account-how to recover my detail?

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jairaj
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I upgrade my Laptop to windows 10 , but did not backup or store my bookmarks in html anywhere. I have many months of good bookmarks which I want to recover. I did set up a sync account todays before the mozilla update version. - how to recovery my bookmarks,tags,..

I upgrade my Laptop to windows 10 , but did not backup or store my bookmarks in html anywhere. I have many months of good bookmarks which I want to recover. I did set up a sync account todays before the mozilla update version. - how to recovery my bookmarks,tags,..

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cor-el
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If you have a "C:\Windows.old" folder with personal data from a previously installed Windows version then you can recover personal data from a previously used profile in this backup.

  • C:\Windows.old\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

You can copy files like these to the current Firefox profile folder to recover specific data.

  • bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
  • bookmark backups: JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
  • SQLite files like cookies.sqlite (cookies) and formhistory.sqlite (saved form data)
  • logins.json and key3.db (decryption key) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
  • cert8.db and possibly cert_override.txt for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
  • persdict.dat for words you added to the spelling checker dictionary
  • permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other Site Preferences
  • sessionstore.js for open tabs and pinned tabs and tab groups