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A shortcut on the desktop for boolmarks

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MrHandy2012
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I would like to be able to access my bookmarks from the desktop so I do not have to open Firefox to select one. Simply a folder on the desktop with my bookmarks.

I would like to be able to access my bookmarks from the desktop so I do not have to open Firefox to select one. Simply a folder on the desktop with my bookmarks.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Sorry, Firefox needs to be running so that the places.sqlite file can be accessed to display your bookmarks.

cor-el
cor-el
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Best that you can do is to open the Firefox bookmarks manager.

  • "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -chrome chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul