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Marlene Blanshay
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      09-23-2007
I just got the most recent firefox update. Today i opened up the browser
and found that my homepage was Mozilla...and about half my bookmarks
vanished! Anyone know what happened and what i can do? I've looked for
the bookmarks in a file...i have no idea how this happened and i'm ****ed!
 
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Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
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      09-23-2007
Marlene Blanshay wrote:
> I just got the most recent firefox update. Today i opened up the browser
> and found that my homepage was Mozilla...and about half my bookmarks
> vanished! Anyone know what happened and what i can do? I've looked for
> the bookmarks in a file...i have no idea how this happened and i'm ****ed!


does this help: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

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Marlene Blanshay
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      09-23-2007
yes...got my bookmarks out of my profile...deleted the corrupted file
and saved my latest bookmarks in another folder so i could import them
more easily. THANKS! it was annoying as hell though...


Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> Marlene Blanshay wrote:
>> I just got the most recent firefox update. Today i opened up the
>> browser and found that my homepage was Mozilla...and about half my
>> bookmarks vanished! Anyone know what happened and what i can do? I've
>> looked for the bookmarks in a file...i have no idea how this happened
>> and i'm ****ed!

>
> does this help: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks
>

 
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Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
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      09-23-2007
Marlene Blanshay wrote:
> yes...got my bookmarks out of my profile...deleted the corrupted file
> and saved my latest bookmarks in another folder so i could import them
> more easily. THANKS! it was annoying as hell though...
>
>
> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>> Marlene Blanshay wrote:
>>> I just got the most recent firefox update. Today i opened up the
>>> browser and found that my homepage was Mozilla...and about half my
>>> bookmarks vanished! Anyone know what happened and what i can do? I've
>>> looked for the bookmarks in a file...i have no idea how this happened
>>> and i'm ****ed!

>> does this help: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks
>>


get in the habit of backing up your profile every now and then

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Crush Evil
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      09-25-2007
or get the FEBE extensions from addons.mozilla.org to auto-backup your
entire profile.... or selective parts


 
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Marlene Blanshay
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      09-25-2007
good idea...

Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> Marlene Blanshay wrote:
>> yes...got my bookmarks out of my profile...deleted the corrupted file
>> and saved my latest bookmarks in another folder so i could import them
>> more easily. THANKS! it was annoying as hell though...
>>
>>
>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>> Marlene Blanshay wrote:
>>>> I just got the most recent firefox update. Today i opened up the
>>>> browser and found that my homepage was Mozilla...and about half my
>>>> bookmarks vanished! Anyone know what happened and what i can do?
>>>> I've looked for the bookmarks in a file...i have no idea how this
>>>> happened and i'm ****ed!
>>> does this help: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks
>>>

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> get in the habit of backing up your profile every now and then
>

 
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