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Trying to move to new Win 7 computer; Profile Manager can't be located

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Judy
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Trying to move Firefox to new Win 7 computer. Firefox runs well on new computer, but I can't find Profile Manager to import my bookmarks. I have tried using the Search function but it just opens up Firefox.

Trying to move Firefox to new Win 7 computer. Firefox runs well on new computer, but I can't find Profile Manager to import my bookmarks. I have tried using the Search function but it just opens up Firefox.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Sorry, you don't need the Profile Manager for importing bookmarks.

Import is for bookmarks.html bookmarks files.
Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Import HTML... - from an HTML file

If you have a bookmarks backup JSON file, you need to restore that file.
Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Restore - Choose file

You can recover many other files from an older Profile. See this for instructions.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

Judy
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Edmeister, thank you! I am ashamed to admit that I meant address book rather than bookmarks. But somehow I have managed to import all my old e-mails and both address books so all is well.