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bookmarks are inactive

benoit-hebert
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Hi all, all my bookmarks are inactive. they still show up in the bookmark toolbar but don't work anymore. they dont show the individual icon anymore, just the basic common one. when I right click on them they dont show properties anymore ...

Hi all, all my bookmarks are inactive. they still show up in the bookmark toolbar but don't work anymore. they dont show the individual icon anymore, just the basic common one. when I right click on them they dont show properties anymore ...

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Sorry to hear about this problem. Is Firefox working otherwise, for example, can you search from the address bar? The problem is limited to bookmarks?

If you haven't already, could you close out of Firefox and do a normal Windows shutdown and restart to complete any pending updates and release any file locks.

Then could you let us know what you get when you run the "Verify Integrity" function. That's here:

Open Firefox's Troubleshooting Information page using any of these methods:

  • "3-bar" menu button > "?" Help > Troubleshooting Information
  • (menu bar) Help > Troubleshooting Information
  • type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter

Near the bottom, there is a section titled Places Database -- that's the file which stores history and bookmarks. Click the button labeled Verify Integrity. There may be a 10-15 second delay before results appear.

If all is well, the report that appears below the button should start with: 

> Task: checkIntegrity
+ The places.sqlite database is sane
+ The favicons.sqlite database is sane

Does yours say that, or something else? You can select and copy the report, and then paste it into a reply for review and comment.