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Marty Norris
Marty Norris
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I need to update Firefox on my Laptop but when I updated Firefox on my PC I lost all my Bookmarks and I can't afford to do that. it should be in the program tat when you update the bookmarks are automatically moved into new version

I need to update Firefox on my Laptop but when I updated Firefox on my PC I lost all my Bookmarks and I can't afford to do that. it should be in the program tat when you update the bookmarks are automatically moved into new version

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Terry
Terry
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That must relate to your OS; I have never had that problem. You can backup bookmarks specifically. From the menubar, Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks or ctl+shft+o. From the menu at the top Import and Backup > Backup. After updating, get the same window then Import and Backup > Restore > Choose File.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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Look on your desktop. Do you see a folder called; Old Firefox? Look inside. Look for the folder with the latest creation date.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible

FredMcD
FredMcD
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Navigating_to_the_profile_folder

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles


Type about:profiles<enter> in the address bar. How many profiles are listed? How many should be there? Also, open the profile folder in your file explorer.