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import bookmarks crash

mike.wallis@co.hennepin.mn.us
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I have two problems:

1. I just installed Firefox 3.6.1.15 on my computer at work. When I try to import my Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.1870CO favorites, Firefox crashes. I was able to import all of the other Internet Explorer settings.

2. I've created four crash reports, but cannot access them by going to about:crashes in Firefox. The links to the crash reports are there, but Firefox times out trying to access them.

Please advise.

I have two problems: 1. I just installed Firefox 3.6.1.15 on my computer at work. When I try to import my Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.1870CO favorites, Firefox crashes. I was able to import all of the other Internet Explorer settings. 2. I've created four crash reports, but cannot access them by going to about:crashes in Firefox. The links to the crash reports are there, but Firefox times out trying to access them. Please advise.

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There must be something wrong with the crash report servers this morning, I couldn't pull up a report when I tried about an hour ago. It ran the 5 minutes of re-trying and gave me Oh noes!

Try getting your Favorites into Firefox this way.
In IE: - File > Import/Export - Export to HTML file
then in Firefox:
Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Import HTML... = From HTML file

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the-edmeister
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There must be something wrong with the crash report servers this morning, I couldn't pull up a report when I tried about an hour ago. It ran the 5 minutes of re-trying and gave me Oh noes!

Try getting your Favorites into Firefox this way.
In IE: - File > Import/Export - Export to HTML file
then in Firefox:
Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Import HTML... = From HTML file

mike.wallis@co.hennepin.mn.us
mike.wallis@co.hennepin.mn.us Question owner
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Your suggestd workaround did the trick. Thanks. I would like to know why Firefox crashed though.

the-edmeister
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You're welcome. I suspect the "import" function has a problem with IE7, 8, & 9 versions or the Favorites folder set is to large or some multiple folder setup's users may be using is causing a problem in Firefox. Hard to track down eaxctly why it happens, because most users only do the "import" once.

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