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Regaining Special Folders

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My special folders are missing (the ones for 'Most Visited', 'Recently Bookmarked', 'Recent Tags' etc.). I've tried to go through about:config and reset the browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion, but when I close and reopen firefox it changes the value back to 2. How do I get these folders back?

My special folders are missing (the ones for 'Most Visited', 'Recently Bookmarked', 'Recent Tags' etc.). I've tried to go through about:config and reset the browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion, but when I close and reopen firefox it changes the value back to 2. How do I get these folders back?

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Did you set the pref to 0?

See Restore the default Smart Bookmarks Folders

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Yes, I have tried that. It always resets back to 2

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Setting the pref browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion to 0 should trigger the creation of those special folder. Firefox sets the pref to the correct value after that has been done, otherwise you would end of with a lot of such bookmarks as each Firefox start would create an extra set. Did you look in the Bookmarks Toolbar folder?

You can also try: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_not_saved

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I've checked, and the folders still aren't there (either in the main bookmarks, or in my bookmarks toolbar folder). I've read through the links, and I'm not sure if they're applicable. I just imported a JSON file to get to where I am, so I don't think erasing and re-importing it will do any good.

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You can create new bookmarks to restore those smart folders.

Most Visited: place:sort=8&maxResults=10 Recently Bookmarked: place:folder=BOOKMARKS_MENU&folder=UNFILED_BOOKMARKS&folder=TOOLBAR&sort=12&excludeQueries=1&excludeItemIfParentHasAnnotation=livemark%2FfeedURI&maxResults=10&queryType=1 Recent Tags : place:sort=14&type=6&maxResults=10

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How do I create those bookmarks? I found similar advice on other websites. Firefox doesn't seem to recognize the 'place' address (unless I'm setting it up incorrectly when I make a dummy bookmark and change it's properties to match the above 'place' links).

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You need to close and restart Firefox after you have created a bookmarks with a place: location. That should make it work like a smart bookmark.

See also http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Places_query_URIs