Bookmarks not saved

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This article deals with problems adding, deleting, and making changes to bookmarks. For bookmarks that were saved previously but are now gone, see lost bookmarks.

Changes lost on restart

This problem can be caused by a read-only bookmarks.html or bookmarks.html.moztmp file in the profile folder. Deleting or modifying bookmarks will also have no effect and the profile folder will fill up with multiple numbered bookmarks-n.html files. Removing the read-only attribute will again allow the bookmarks to be updated [1].

Add Bookmark dialog doesn't work (Firefox)

Corrupt localstore.rdf file

A corrupt localstore.rdf file in your profile folder can cause this problem. Either of the solutions below will fix it, but you will lose any toolbar customizations you might have made [2].

Firefox 1.5 or later: Exit Firefox completely and start it in Safe Mode. A window called Firefox Safe Mode with some troubleshooting options will appear. Select the option "Reset toolbars and controls" and choose "Make Changes and Restart".

All Firefox versions: Exit Firefox completely and then open the profile folder and delete the file "localstore.rdf". Make sure to delete the "localstore.rdf" file in the profile folder and not the program files copy (in Windows, the profile folder may be hidden).

Extension issue

The Bookmark Duplicate Detector extension has been reported to result in failure of the Add Bookmark dialog in Firefox. If updating the extension doesn't help you should uninstall it.

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