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Where is the location bar item list stored?

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Upon typing URLs in the location bar a drop down item list will appear.

Is there somewhere in firefox where this list of items is stored? If so, is that in a format I can go through and see each item?

Thank you

Upon typing URLs in the location bar a drop down item list will appear. Is there somewhere in firefox where this list of items is stored? If so, is that in a format I can go through and see each item? Thank you

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That data is stored in the places.sqlite file in the Profile folder. An SQLIte manager add-on or program can be used to query and view that data.

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the-edmeister
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That data is stored in the places.sqlite file in the Profile folder. An SQLIte manager add-on or program can be used to query and view that data.

CVO
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It worked. Thank you very much the-edmeister.


Some details:

- Add-on installed: SQLite Manager 0.7.7

- From SQLite Manager you need to open the places.sqlite and it is stored under [DRIVE]:\[users]\[pc user]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[one of the profile]\ on Windows 7(64bit).

- On the left side of SQLite Manager program main window there is a tree structure of tables, Views, Indexes etc. You need to go to under Tables and click on moz_places. On the center of the SQLIte program main window now you should see the table with its columns. The URL column is the right one.

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