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Creating bookmarks folder creates folders in root directory?

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jmsnyc
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I like to have alot of bookmarks on the bookmarls toolbar so I frequently organize them into folders. As an example I have a folder called email, I click it and I have a drop down with all my email account links.

The problem is when I create these bookmark folders on the bookmarks toolbar, they are not storing them in the bookmark.html folder but rather creating actual folders in the root (c:) directory.

I had to reinstall windows so my entire previous windows installation with my bookmarks are on a seperate partition. When I try to import the bookmarks it doesnt import these.

I am not sure if the only fix is to copy these folders to the root directory of my new windows installation - I am just surprised it is working like this.

I like to have alot of bookmarks on the bookmarls toolbar so I frequently organize them into folders. As an example I have a folder called email, I click it and I have a drop down with all my email account links. The problem is when I create these bookmark folders on the bookmarks toolbar, they are not storing them in the bookmark.html folder but rather creating actual folders in the root (c:) directory. I had to reinstall windows so my entire previous windows installation with my bookmarks are on a seperate partition. When I try to import the bookmarks it doesnt import these. I am not sure if the only fix is to copy these folders to the root directory of my new windows installation - I am just surprised it is working like this.

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the-edmeister
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Firefox doesn't store any files in the root of a drive. The bookmarks.html file hasn't been used for storing Firefox bookmarks since the Firefox 2 versions. Bookmarks are stored in the places.sqlite file in the Profile folder.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-us/kb/Profiles#How_to_find_your_profile

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

jmsnyc
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The folders did not mysteriously appear in my root folder. They matched the names and the url shortcuts inside matched the links I had placed in each of the folders by dragging them in on the ff toolbar.

Is it possible that they were created by the way I created folders in firefox, by right clicking on the personal toolbar and clicking new folder?

cor-el
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Firefox will never create folders for bookmarks the way IE does. All bookmarks are stored in one SQLite database file and not as separate files on disk.

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