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Import function is blocked. Can this be changed with a security setting?

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rhemm
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I want to import bookmarks that I saved from old computer. When I go to File in the menu bar, the import is blocked (shaded white). How can I activate the import function?

I want to import bookmarks that I saved from old computer. When I go to File in the menu bar, the import is blocked (shaded white). How can I activate the import function?

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Import from a saved HTML file like this:
Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Import HTML... = from an HTML file

Svetlana
Svetlana
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Are you in Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history mode? In that mode some menu items such as File>Import are disabled.

You can also import HTML bookmarks using Bookmarks -> Organise bookmarks window, Import and backup button. If you don't have the HTML yet, you can export to HTML at the old computer using that window.

cor-el
cor-el
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Do you have an HTML or JSON backup from that old computer?

See:

Make sure that the backup file with the bookmarks has the correct file extension: .html for a HTML backup and .json for a JSON backup.
You can check that via the right-click context menu of that file and open the Properties.
If you are not sure about the file type then you can open the file in Firefox via "File > Open File"
A JSON backup will show as one long text line without line breaks and a HTML backup as a web page with clickable links.

A JSON backup starts with: {"title":"","id":1,"dateAdded": An HTML backup starts with: <!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>

You may need to add quotes ("bookmarks.xxxx") around the name to rename the file to the correct file extension.

Modified by cor-el