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While deleting bookmarks, some won't delete, what am I doing wrong?

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I am deleting old bookmarks. Some disappear, others don't. How can I get rid of the ones that keep reappearing? I have restarted Firefox and they are still there.

I am deleting old bookmarks. Some disappear, others don't. How can I get rid of the ones that keep reappearing? I have restarted Firefox and they are still there.

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cor-el
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See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

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I am unable to delete some bookmarks. Why?

cor-el
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That is usually caused by a problem with the file places.sqlite in the Firefox Profile Folder

See also #Places_database_file