Edd505 wrote:
MDKMDK wrote:
So, when you click "show all bookmarks" and then click "backup and restore" and then hover the cursor over "restore", there's nothing in the list? That's odd.
When I hover over it shows the date of the last update & select a file below it.
MrWizard what did you have to do to get them back a month later? I have Ver 62.0 64 bit. If I do go to an earlier Ver. will in import the bookmarks? From where?
When was the last time you rebooted your computer? Try that first.
I'm on V62.0, too. However, I only recently allowed it to upgrade me to Quantum based FF. I stayed on 56.0.2 for a while longer. No problems (so far) with Quantum FF, although it doesn't really do anything better than Chrome or Opera, since Mozilla turned it into a clone of those 2 browsers.
But, I digress.
I'm going to suggest you do the following, but you do so at your own risk. This shouldn't cause you any grief, it's just some cleanup and housekeeping and an uninstall/reinstall of Firefox, but accidents happen.
You'll need to be able to go to the Mozilla Firefox Download website before you begin this process to download a copy of the Firefox Installer exec file to use later. Go to the following website and download a copy of the "Firefox Installer.exe" file. Save to your desktop or some place you can find it later on.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ 1) In your current Firefox browser, get to the "Options" menu and then to "Privacy and Security".
2) Under the "History" heading, click the "Clear History" button and then the "Clear Now" button.
3) Under the "Cookies and Site Data" heading click the "Clear Data" button, then make sure both boxes are checked in the pop up window and click "Clear" and then click the "Clear Now" confirmation button.
4) Exit all applications including Firefox, and then get the the "Control Panel" function and then to your list of installed programs usually under "Programs and Features".
5) Scroll down through the list and find Firefox. Highlight it and click the uninstall button - wait until the uninstall is finished.
6) Reboot your computer.
7) When the reboot is finished, find the copy of Firefox Installer.exe you downloaded earlier, and right click it and "Run as Administrator" and install it. If you don't have a "Run as Administrator" option, just double click it, and it will install Firefox.
๐ When the Firefox install completes, reboot your computer again.
9) After the second reboot, open Firefox and see if the bookmarks are back.
10) If it works let us know. Sometimes installs in place can have problems that may be hidden, like overwritten corrupted files and so on. Hopefully cleaning up the Firefox cookies and so on and doing a clean uninstall/reinstall might help.
Again, this shouldn't cause any problems, but accidents happen, and there are no guarantees. I have no idea of your expertise level, so I tried to make this process as detailed as possible. A cookbook approach?
- If this doesn't work, you could always try a "System Restore". Roll yourself back to a system image created before the last Firefox update. Might work.
Mike. Comments are anecdotal or personal opinions, and worth what you paid for them.
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