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No favicons with my bookmarks (Windows 10) - what to do?

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I have moved my bookmarks form an iMac to a new Windows 10 PC. Moving them was not a problem. But they have lost their favicons and now all have a grey globe as the only symbol. Very annoying. I had hoped that I could bring back the favicons one by one by using each bookmark. But that doesn't change anything.

I have moved my bookmarks form an iMac to a new Windows 10 PC. Moving them was not a problem. But they have lost their favicons and now all have a grey globe as the only symbol. Very annoying. I had hoped that I could bring back the favicons one by one by using each bookmark. But that doesn't change anything.

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No problem. Go to Menu -> Help -> Troubleshooting Information under Application Basics you'll see Profile Folder next to that is a button Open Folder (in Mac I think it's something else)

That will open your Profile in file explorer.

Close Firefox before copying or pasting any files.

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Hi jesper.ditlefsen, Copy the favicons.sqlite file from your Profile folder on your Mac and paste it into the Profile folder on your Win 10.

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Thank you, Robert - but where would I find the Profile folder? (I don't know where to find it, neither on Mac nor on PC). Sorry for being so ignorant. Jesper

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No problem. Go to Menu -> Help -> Troubleshooting Information under Application Basics you'll see Profile Folder next to that is a button Open Folder (in Mac I think it's something else)

That will open your Profile in file explorer.

Close Firefox before copying or pasting any files.

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You probably need to copy both places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite to the current profile folder.

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

In Mac OS X v10.7 and later, the "~/Library" folder in the Home directory is a hidden folder.

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RobertJ said

No problem. Go to Menu -> Help -> Troubleshooting Information under Application Basics you'll see Profile Folder next to that is a button Open Folder (in Mac I think it's something else) That will open your Profile in file explorer. Close Firefox before copying or pasting any files.

Thank you, Robert - this works! All the best Jesper

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Glad I could help.

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