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Can you copy bookmarks from old Windows installation (copy of AppData folders) into a clean Windows7 install

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Rick
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I copied User folders and Program Files folder onto a data drive, and did a clean install of Windows 7 (I forgot to do the Backup Bookmarks option in Firefox Menu. Now I am trying to copy that information back into Firefox without success. Is there any way I can copy this data into the new install of Windows and Firefox manually, or have I lost the use of all my old bookmarks.

I copied User folders and Program Files folder onto a data drive, and did a clean install of Windows 7 (I forgot to do the Backup Bookmarks option in Firefox Menu. Now I am trying to copy that information back into Firefox without success. Is there any way I can copy this data into the new install of Windows and Firefox manually, or have I lost the use of all my old bookmarks.

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TonyE
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See Recover important data from an old profile, you just need to copy the files shown in that article from the old profile into the current profile folder.