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I cant add bookmarks and when I first open firefox and go to delete a bookmark it works once then it will not add delete again. It used to work fine. I have a laptop running windows 10 and thats fine. I am running windows 10. I have tried all the bookmark solutions but nothing works. I think their must be corruption in th eregisatry perhaps.

I cant add bookmarks and when I first open firefox and go to delete a bookmark it works once then it will not add delete again. It used to work fine. I have a laptop running windows 10 and thats fine. I am running windows 10. I have tried all the bookmark solutions but nothing works. I think their must be corruption in th eregisatry perhaps.

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If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

In case errors are reported with "Verify Integrity" close and restart Firefox and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

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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.

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I have tried all these actions. The other issue is it won’t backup. If you select the back up option it does nothing.