Browser.bookmarks.overwrite

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This article describes the preference browser.bookmarks.overwrite. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
- 2.1 True
- 2.2 False
3 First checked in
4 Has an effect in
5 Related bugs
6 Related preferences
7 See also
8 External links

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Background

Since Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 use different backends to store bookmarks, there can be issues switching back and forth between the two versions while using the same profile. This preference helped guard against dataloss by letting users set the automatic bookmark import/export behavior. It was removed when JSON became the default bookmark backup format (in bug 384370).

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Possible values and their effects

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True

When importing bookmarks.html into Places, make a copy as bookmarks.preplaces.html. Each time the browser quits, export the Places bookmarks as bookmarks.html.

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