Firefox 3 bookmarks -- where are they?

[WhipperSnapper]

I want to, very simply, copy a new bookmarks list on a USB stick (taken from my desktop) to my laptop, replacing the old bookmarks file.

Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 3 on Windows Vista?

 

[Chiefcrowe]

here you go:

http://www.electrictoolbox.com...rks-mozilla-firefox-3/

 

[nova2]

this is asked a lot in various forums, so its easy to google this

google some form of your question for your answer

 

[Billb2]

You could also do a Windows search for bookmark.

 

[bruceb]

You can also have Firefox Export your Bookmarks and then Import them on the other system.
Bookmarks, Organize, Import & Backup is where you do it.

Starting in Firefox 3, bookmarks are stored in the places.sqlite file and bookmarks*.html files are only used for importing and exporting. As of Firefox 3 Beta 5 bookmarkbackup files are stored in JSON format.

See link below:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

 

[techmanc]

If you wanted to access them in IE or a different computer you could get Foxmarks which will sync your bookmarks and favorites and passwords if desired. You can also export the bookmarks to a html file for importing in IE or any other browser that imports the html file as stated above. Here a link to Foxmarks......................

http://www.foxmarks.com/

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: bruceb
You can also have Firefox Export your Bookmarks and then Import them on the other system.
Bookmarks, Organize, Import & Backup is where you do it.

Starting in Firefox 3, bookmarks are stored in the places.sqlite file and bookmarks*.html files are only used for importing and exporting. As of Firefox 3 Beta 5 bookmarkbackup files are stored in JSON format.

See link below:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

Ah, so that's why my search for "bookmarks" didn't turn them up. That sounds awful! I hope they had a good reason for taking something which should be very simple and making it more complicated.

 

[abaez]

Originally posted by: techmanc
If you wanted to access them in IE or a different computer you could get Foxmarks which will sync your bookmarks and favorites and passwords if desired. You can also export the bookmarks to a html file for importing in IE or any other browser that imports the html file as stated above. Here a link to Foxmarks......................

http://www.foxmarks.com/

You can do this with google bookmarks as well. Foxmarks is nice but the install requirement kills it. I prefer google bookmarks because when you go someplace like a hotel they are very likely to have the toolbar installed, which gives you access to all of your bookmarks.

 

[techmanc]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Originally posted by: bruceb
You can also have Firefox Export your Bookmarks and then Import them on the other system.
Bookmarks, Organize, Import & Backup is where you do it.

Starting in Firefox 3, bookmarks are stored in the places.sqlite file and bookmarks*.html files are only used for importing and exporting. As of Firefox 3 Beta 5 bookmarkbackup files are stored in JSON format.

See link below:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

Ah, so that's why my search for "bookmarks" didn't turn them up. That sounds awful! I hope they had a good reason for taking something which should be very simple and making it more complicated.

For me personally I have 3 computers and one laptop and a couple usb sticks that I use Foxmarks to sync my Bookmarks and Passwords and it a great in that way. I also will make occasional JSON and HTML backups to store offsite

I was meaning to quote abaez.

 

[n7]

I just started using Foxmarks, but i do the manual .HTML (well .JSON now) backups sometimes.

 

[Nizbot]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Ah, so that's why my search for "bookmarks" didn't turn them up. That sounds awful! I hope they had a good reason for taking something which should be very simple and making it more complicated.

It's not more complicated at all. They work the same way.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

So I could just as easily swap out places.sqlite files as I can bookmarks.html?