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Trying to find and copy bookmarks from a defunct computer (drive mounted as external drive)

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My old computer is dead. However the drive is still functional and I have it attached to the new computer as an external drive. Unfortunately I can't find where Firefox stores the bookmark list (alas it's not in the 'favorites' folder). I want to bring those bookmarks into the new Firefox.

My old computer is dead. However the drive is still functional and I have it attached to the new computer as an external drive. Unfortunately I can't find where Firefox stores the bookmark list (alas it's not in the 'favorites' folder). I want to bring those bookmarks into the new Firefox.

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What operating system and version was the old one, if you still need help after looking over

To find your profile on your current system use

  • Help ("Alt+H") > Troubleshooting information > "Open Containing Folder" there is at least an .ini file above that folder.

See

I basically copied my users file to new computer for email and Firefox and a few other applications.

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What operating system and version was the old one, if you still need help after looking over

To find your profile on your current system use

  • Help ("Alt+H") > Troubleshooting information > "Open Containing Folder" there is at least an .ini file above that folder.

See

I basically copied my users file to new computer for email and Firefox and a few other applications.

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got the help I needed from the links