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my bookmarks and widgets are missing after an update

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my bookmarks and widgets are missing after an update. how do i get them all back?

my bookmarks and widgets are missing after an update. how do i get them all back?

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Hi,

Please see Recover lost or missing Bookmarks. Also, what are widgets you are referring to?

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I tried that "multiple" times and no luck. I'm not at all tech savvy, but what I was referring to was the sites that I visit everyday. I had little icons on the top of my screen that I could just click on, but now I have to go back to typing in the sites I want to visit........... I've checked everyone of those profiles and none of em have my bookmarks that I've had for years......... Thank you trying to help me.

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Sorry to hear that... To clarify, don't you have bookmark backups in any of those profiles?

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one of the profiles has about 4 of my bookmarks in it, but that's it. The other profiles don't have any of mine. I have a total of 3 profiles. I tried defaulting the 3rd one that had 4 of my bookmarks in it, but all of my bookmarks did not show up. I shut down several times just to refresh. I put it back to the 1st profile as a default since the 3rd profile I used didn't have but 4 of my bookmarks so it wasn't bringing them back.. Also, I used to have icons on my laptop that all I had to do was click on it and it would get me to my most visisted sites, ie, my bank, my fav shopping places, etc.......... that is all gone and I don't know how to get it all back. I'm 76 years old and am not at all savvy with this stuff, but I did not think this would happen when it was refreshed and I've been using FireFox since I've been using a computer. I hate to switch because I do like Firefox the best, but I can't get my stuff back......... I so appreciate you taking the time to try and help me.

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I also can no longer bookmark anything........... I click on that little star next to what I want to bookmark, but it won't light up yellow like it used to so I can't even save bookmarks anymore.............. I've just lost all my capabilities.........

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ok, I changed the default to the 3rd profile because it had 4 of my bookmarks in it "and" I got my shortcut table back, so I went into the shortcuts and changed em all back to the ones I had and I can now click on that little star next the url and it turns yellow so I can now save bookmarks with that profile too, so I'm going to keep using this 3rd profile that I made the default because it has the most stuff that works..........

Bia biabia

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