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• Firefox updated "bookmark backups" folder is empty, change profile.ini to circumvent the problem of 'missing or inaccessible profile', no manual backup, pls help.

  Firefox updated "bookmark backups" folder is empty. Had to change profile.ini to profile.iniOLD to work around the problem "profile is missing or inaccessible. I tried jscher2000 suggested the procedure to return to the old profile but did not include 'semi random name' in the folder of old data from Firefox, which seems to be incomplete, as said "favorite backups" folder is empty and stupid I'm not manually save my favorites (years of research). I thought when I ran the time machine they saved automatically. is it possible to recover bookmarks?

  
  

• Bookmark backup partially damaged. How to restore?

  I just needed to restore my bookmarks, and unfortunately, several files are now empty.
  I did not hesitate and save current bookmarks (places.sqlite).

  I found that on 9 and 10 may, the bookmark backup has failed. He returned to work a day later with a 1.7 MB file that contains the files, I'm looking for. Since May 12, my bookmarks file shrunk to 1.3 MB, but claims a greater number of bookmark entries. From this date, bookmarks, I am looking have disappeared.

  So, I would like to know if there is

  (1) a way to combine the .json files two to one. The combination of the backup of today and 11 would be perfect. But how?

  or

  (2) a way to repair the obviously corrupt current backup missing bookmarks in entire folders?

  I thank very you much in advance!

  I have a thought. I don't know if it will work. With a new profile, to avoid
  problems with your normal profile, load one of the bad files. Then
  < Shift > < control > B to open the main window of bookmarks. At the top of the
  page, select import and backup. Then press
  Export bookmarks as HTML.
  Then, clear the system and do the same thing with the other bad files. The
  You should be able to combine HTML files later, because

• Accidentally crushed my backup original .json. Could not import the recovered bookmark from the bookmarks backup folder in Firefox profiles.

  I accidentally replaced my backup with current bookmarks while trying to import from it. The original bookmarks were not present to Bookmark Backup in the profiles, so I used Recuva for recovering. Now, Firefox gives the "unable to process backup file" thingy.

  System Restore didn't help either.

  I managed to recover intact bookmarked using Recuva, deep search in the Profiles folder.

• How to disable bookmark backups?

  Library, import, and backup, Restore registers 15 backup from the list of bookmarks. I have a large collection of bookmarks (12 MB). I can do a backup on the disk. I don't have 15 backups stored in the browser. This feature can be disabled or at least reduced to one?

  You can set the number of backups JSON via this pref on the topic: config page.

  • Browser.Bookmarks.MAX_BACKUPS
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/about:config

• Internal structure / JSON bookmark backup file specification

  My current version of Firefox is 28.0.

  What I already know, is:
  -backup of bookmarks (JSON) files are stored in folder
  "...\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ < xxxxx >. default\bookmarkbackups
  in the files like for example bookmarks-2014-04 - 27_770.json
  (or in any other place when you manually save).

  -only Favorites export files are stored in any place under HTML (XML) as a Netscape bookmark on your export demand.

  -the main difference between these two formats is that in the HTML ONLY the BOOKMARKS export file (URL / URI) and no. TAGS are stored.

  -the JSON backup file stores the bookmarks (Uri), tags and complete the structure of the tree. Firefox is therefore able to restore the menu bookmark complete with all its information.

  I do a lot of searching for information in internet. To support a work sophisticated with hundreds or even thousands of boomarks collected tags are absolutely necessary. And I often export bookmarks with tags to other browsers or social bookmark sites. So I have no idea why firefox doesn't support tags in the export files - because a large amount of bookmarks without tags is not easy to manage.

  My idea is to program a tool or an extension that reads a file backup JSON and constructs an HTML export file which also contains tags.

  The problem is that the internal structure of the JSON backup file is quite complex. It contains in fact 'id', 'index', information from 'parent' (fully digital) which allows to reconstruct the original directory structure. Same information on labels is somehow related to bookmarks. Actually the file has a complicated structure of lists and trees. And do not think that there is any identifier, e.g. "tags" which precedes the list labels attached to a bookmark (as in HTML export). In fact I could identify some of my tags in the file, but they are not named for example with 'tag' - I could identify them because I know they are some of my tags defined, but a program does not have this information and needs in General, identification tags in the file. Currently, I don't know any way to do this!

  Is there someone who has a better understanding of the structur of this file or know a specification that could be somewhere? Thans so much in advance...

  Tags are basically this structure if you are looking for backup bookmarks for tags JSON:

  {
   'title': 'Tags',
   'type': 'text/x-moz-place-container',
   'root': 'tagsFolder',
   'children': [
     {
      'title': '<tag title>',
      'id': <tag id>,
      'type': 'text/x-moz-place-container',
      'children': [
        {
         'title': '',
         'id': <id of child>,
         'parent': <parent id>,
         'type': 'text/x-moz-place',
         'uri': 'http://',
         'charset': 'UTF-8'
        },{ <more children> }
       ]
     },{ <more children> }
    ]
  },

  Note that easier to inspect a backup JSON is opening the file in Notepad, and then click the print enough to make Firefox display the file in the format.

• Bookmark Backup does not work.

  I recently had to uninstall and reinstall Firefox, because I could not get rid of text improve malware. Before that, I created a backup of all my favorites. However, once the resettlement of Firefox was over and I went to restore my bookmarks I discovered that the file did not work. After trying a few things, I realized that when I created the backup and the file name was changed so that I could more easily ID, the file was not saved in JSON format. It is saved as just a FILE. I have no idea why. Is anyway to fix this?

  Try to use the tiny .json - and that file looks like it has some characters added that the beginning of the file - 1 character and a space white or two.

• The bookmarks backup folder was my favorite, but they do not appear on the menu bookmark.

  I just replace a crashed hard drive.
  The profile folder has a backup of my favorites, but when I try to get back them, they reappeared in my folder of bookmarks or bookmarks toolbar.

  If you want, I can try to find the problem with the files .urf.

  Please send email to [email protected].

• System Restore has been removed and bookmarks and bookmark backups

  Hi, my father-in-law has tried to install a speaker sound systems on his PC and needed to return to a previous configuration using the system restore. He has done this, but lost all its bookmarks firefox during the process.

  I don't know if it is to install the necessary drivers Sonos or restoration that did it, but his last backup of bookmarks is yesterday. He also seems to have lost his browsing history (and I guess, all of its cookies too).

  Is there another way to get back them?

  Thanks in advance...

  Just an update: the driver to install and/or the system restore had Firefox set up a new profile. I was able to restore the bookmarks from the old profile via RDP remote (really desperate Phonecall)

• All Favorites &amp; history disappeared after the upgrade to ver. 22 and bookmarks backup folder contains nothing from before the upgrade. Where are they?

  This morning, my Windows 7 installed the last updated. When I started again subsequently, Internet Explorer (which I hate!) my default browser and Firefox worm. 21 stated that it should be updated to 22. I did, and all my browsing history and bookmarks disappeared. I found my file backup bookmarks, but it is empty. It's as if I never had a previous version of Firefox and am completely new. Any suggestions on how I can recover my favorites?

  I found a solution for me. I find my old bookmarks folder in a cloud backup program I use and restored from there. First time I needed to use it. Still don't like the update of Windows has done to my Firefox, Picasa and some other programs!

• How can I remove the automatic 'saved in my bookmarks profile' forever and disable the bookmark backup place daily every day

  Hello 0457 GMT in the United Kingdom on Thursday, February 28, 2013.

  I would like to disable the automatic daily bookmark update files that Firefox creates and also delete all my previous Firefox backups daily automatic bookmark in my account. How long are the automatic daily backups of bookmark stored for it please.

  I would just make one. JSON back manually please.

  Thank you
  pingu70

  The value of the integer pref browser.bookmarks.max_backups to 0 on the topic: config page.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/about:config
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox

• Bookmark backup saved as type 'File' not JSON. How can I get my favorites?

  Recently, I did a reinstall of Firefox. Before uninstalling, I made a backup of my favorites. I don't remember asking for file type, when I made the backup... I guess Firefox would use correct. When I tried to restore the backup after you install the latest version of Firefox, I got the message "Unsupported file type". I looked at my file extension. There is no extension, and it just says: 'File' file type. It is certainly not JSON. Now, I am at a loss as to what to do and how to get back my bookmarks. I must have 50 +. Help, please!

  First of all, if Windows HIDES extensions file on your part, you can change this setting. In Windows Explorer, you can access the option using one of these:

  Organize the menu drop down > folder options and research > view tab or
  
  (Alt + t) tools > Folder Options > view tab

  Disable "Hide extensions of known file types".

  If you return to your file, you should be able to change the .json extension, and then try again. Not sure if it is critical, but by default, Firefox seems to create an extension to lower case (json not JSON).

• Automated bookmark backups do not run every day - maybe all 3-4 days. No reason that I can detect. Browser.Bookmarks.MAX_BACKUPS has the value 10.

  Creating a profile has not fixed the problem.

  Firefox has not only an automatic JSON backup if you close and restart Firefox on a specific day (aJSON of backup is created on a start).
  
  If you keep Firefox running and Hibernate or suspend your computer then you will get a JSON backup.

• When the bookmarks backup, not all folders are listed under Select

  I save a bookmark, click on 'choose' and only 3 of my 10 + folders are listed. So I save as 'household', then 'manage bookmarks' and move it to the folder I wanted to under.

  Click on add to Favorites
  Download this small addition window
  You see:
  Folder: menu drop-down list, containing:
  Bookmarks Toolbar
  Bookmarks menu
  Unsorted Bookmarks

  Choose...

  Folder_one
  Folder_two
  Folder_three

  You click on choosing...

  Now, the combo looks like

  Bookmarks Toolbar
  Bookmarks menu
  Unsorted Bookmarks

  Folder_one
  Folder_two
  Folder_three

  and you save on Unsorted Bookmarks

  But, in my Firefox, after you click "choose...". "a large rectangle with folder tree appears immediately below the drop-down list, separately from him. If you don't see any, you have a problem. It can be caused:

  by userChrome.css (rename to userChrome_renamed.css)

  by Firefox theme (try using the default theme: Tools-> Addons-> themes)

  by an extension (try disabling all the or one by one: Tools-> Addons-> Extensions)

  Try launching Firefox in Mode safe (there should be a shortcut in start-> programs-> Mozilla Firefox-> Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode))

  P.S. to update Java, please. The version 6.07, while the newest is 6.20.

• When is the backup file for bookmarks created?

  My current bookmarkbackups folder is dated 8.18.15. I've added new bookmark today - 8.20.15. When the new bookmarks will be added to a bookmarkbackups folder? I closed Firefox thinking that would invoke the backup, but he did not. Thank you

  A JSON bookmark backup is created when you start Firefox when a comparing the current hash obtained with previous shows a difference, but you might give some additional downtime if you have a large amount of bookmarks in Firefox.
  If necessary, you can manually create a JSON backup.
  This is an uncompressed backup (.json).

  If this isn't the case, then maybe do a check of the places.sqlite database.

  • Maintenance: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/