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export favourites with no exported backup.

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fordprefect12
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Hi Where can I find firefox bookmarks on a pc without having exported them first my pc failed and I have a backup of the computers file structure so I cannot open firefox on the old computer. Does anyone know which folder the bookmarks are stored in Thanks

Hi Where can I find firefox bookmarks on a pc without having exported them first my pc failed and I have a backup of the computers file structure so I cannot open firefox on the old computer. Does anyone know which folder the bookmarks are stored in Thanks

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Dropa
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You can backup/import the bookmark from the Browser copying the folders won't help.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer

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James
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fordprefect12 said
Hi Where can I find firefox bookmarks on a pc without having exported them first Does anyone know which folder the bookmarks are stored in

Profiles - Where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other user data https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data

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