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I'm considering upgrading from Firefox 3.6.3 to Firefox 9, but concerned that I'll need to rebuild my Awesome Bar database from scratch. Is this a legitimate concern? Or will my current database be migrated?
An̲̳̳drew
Posted 2011-12-22T19:27:37.320
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Firefox stores that sort of information inside a separate profile folder, which keeps track of all your personal settings, bookmarks, and history. This also means that it's kept separate from the install, so installing a new version shouldn't affect it.
To be absolutely certain, you can first make a backup of your places.sqlite file inside your profile folder, and then restore it if the upgrade doesn't keep it.
Older versions of Firefox used two separate files for bookmarks and history: bookmarks.html and history.dat. Starting with Firefox 3, however, they switched to using the single places.sqlite file. If you were coming from an older version of Firefox. It would be hard-pressed to keep it, but since your Firefox is newer than Firefox 3, you shouldn't have any trouble upgrading.
SaintWacko
Posted 2011-12-22T19:27:37.320
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If you want to be extra cautious, you could upgrade your Firefox incrementally. Mozilla maintains an archive of all public releases at: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/
So, in your case, to upgrade from Firefox 3.6.3 to 9.0:
iglvzx
Posted 2011-12-22T19:27:37.320
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Uninstalling the old Firefox won't touch the Firefox profile which contains bookmarks, cookies and such. – Lekensteyn – 2011-12-22T21:10:46.393
Ah, okay, I wasn't sure about that. I'll change it. – SaintWacko – 2011-12-22T21:11:22.773
To delete your Firefox profile at un-installation, you have to select the
Remove my personal dataoption. – iglvzx – 2011-12-22T21:24:40.553