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Losing your bookmarks can be due to many things, but the most common problem is that you are not using the same profile.
If you no longer see your bookmarks, they are not necessarily lost. This article outlines a few methods of retrieving "lost" bookmarks, and also deals with future prevention.


If you saw Profile Manager when stating Firefox and it said your default profile was in use, exit Firefox and run the profile manager ([[Profile Manager|more info on how to do this]]). Select your default profile. This will restore your settings and bookmarks. Full details on how to do this: [http://the-edmeister.home.comcast.net/tips-html/tips-create_new_profile_dialog_box.html the-edmeister's Problem Solving Tips]
== Recovering lost bookmarks ==


If that's not the problem, maybe your profile got corrupted. Locate your bookmarks file ([[Profile Folder|more info on how to do this]]) and then backup it somewhere. Then run the profile manager (see above) and paste your bookmarks file in it.
=== Profile in use ===
If you saw the [[profile manager]] when starting Firefox/Mozilla Suite and it said your profile was in use, [[profile in use | read this article]]


Also look into bookmarks backup extensions. [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1252725#1252725 here's] a list.
=== Corrupt profile ===
[[Profile Folder#What do I do if my profile's corrupted? | A corrupted profile can cause bookmarks loss.]]


==See also==
== Prevention ==
* [[Profile in use]]
* Do not power down your computer with Firefox/Mozilla Suite running.
* [[Import bookmarks]]
* Backup your bookmarks. [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1252725#1252725 Many extensions exist that do this].

Revision as of 17:08, 15 August 2005

If you no longer see your bookmarks, they are not necessarily lost. This article outlines a few methods of retrieving "lost" bookmarks, and also deals with future prevention.

Recovering lost bookmarks

Profile in use

If you saw the profile manager when starting Firefox/Mozilla Suite and it said your profile was in use, read this article

Corrupt profile

A corrupted profile can cause bookmarks loss.

Prevention