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I updated my computer from Windows XP to Windows 7. It creates a folder called windows.old, but I am unable to locate the old Firefox bookmarks profile. Where can I locate this or was it deleted in the upgrade?
WilliamKF
Posted 2010-01-28T15:31:39.380
Reputation: 6 916
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Copy the file bookmarks.html from
C:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<old profile>\
to
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<new profile>\
Snark
Posted 2010-01-28T15:31:39.380
Reputation: 30 147
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I actually use a Firefox add-in called X-Marks (also works for IE) that stores your bookmarks to their server, allowing you to sync your bookmarks across machines (and also useful when upgrading a machine). It won't help you if you didn't use it before you upgraded, but it could be useful for others who dont want to go through the same trouble.
BBlake
Posted 2010-01-28T15:31:39.380
Reputation: 5 120
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You can restore everything by just copying your previous profile from
C:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
to
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
. Then, edit the file profiles.ini
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/XXX.default
Replace XXX.default with the name of the profile folder.
phresnel
Posted 2010-01-28T15:31:39.380
Reputation: 105
Somewhere in these paths should be the user name, shouldn't it? I think it is where the double slashes are:
From
\Windows.old\Documents and Settings\YourUserNameHere\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
To
c:\Users\YourUserNameHere\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ – Martin – 2010-01-28T15:46:15.057
The username was always there but I played a bit with the formatting and some markers removed the <username> part. – Snark – 2010-01-28T16:09:00.073
Okay, I already guessed that. – Martin – 2010-01-28T16:12:20.270
Right, I expected to find it there, but there is no 'Application Data' folder! Where would the upgrade have moved that, or would it delete it? – WilliamKF – 2010-01-28T16:23:02.740
1You must enable the display of hidden and system directories – Snark – 2010-01-28T16:40:06.040