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my bookmarks are gone. help! accidentally imported from IE after an update to my computer. how do i get my firefox bookmarks back?

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kestral_jade
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had an update to my computer this morning. when i opened firefox a pop up came up with the import bookmarks from internet explorer checked, i didnt notice that until i had hit ok. now all my firefox bookmarks are gone. how do i get them back? im on windows 7, latest version of firefox, current as of right now.

had an update to my computer this morning. when i opened firefox a pop up came up with the import bookmarks from internet explorer checked, i didnt notice that until i had hit ok. now all my firefox bookmarks are gone. how do i get them back? im on windows 7, latest version of firefox, current as of right now.

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cor-el
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You get the import wizard if the profiles.ini file that registers all Firefox profiles is missing.

You can check if there still is an older profile folder.