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Can I use saved bookmarks off of a USB key?

tantalus
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I use a variety of computers, both at school and at work, and there's no regularity to the machine I'll be working on. This makes saving bookmarks a real pain, as there are literally hundreds of computers that I work on. So, is it possible to save my bookmarks file to a USB key, so that I take them with me from computer to computer. I'd love to be able to simply use bookmarks that I bring with me, and that way, I can quickly customize any machine I happen to be working at.

Thanks,

J

I use a variety of computers, both at school and at work, and there's no regularity to the machine I'll be working on. This makes saving bookmarks a real pain, as there are literally hundreds of computers that I work on. So, is it possible to save my bookmarks file to a USB key, so that I take them with me from computer to computer. I'd love to be able to simply use bookmarks that I bring with me, and that way, I can quickly customize any machine I happen to be working at. Thanks, J

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cor-el
cor-el
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you can use Firefox Sync to sync the bookmarks.

See: 

How do I set up Sync on my computer?
How do I set up Sync on my computer?
tantalus
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Unfortunately, this solution won't work. Installing this would require admin access on all the computers, and on many, I don't have it. But I do carry around a USB key to all of them, which is why I was hoping there was a way to store the bookmarks file there.

the-edmeister
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A bookmarks.html file can be viewed in any browser just like a web page, using File > Open File...