Restore the default Smart Bookmarks Folders

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  • Revision id: 14085
  • Created:
  • Creator: roland.turner
  • Comment: Added the canned URIs for those interested in finding out what they are without having to (a) review source code or (b) backup as JSON and then look through the result
  • Reviewed: Yes
  • Reviewed:
  • Reviewed by: AliceWyman
  • Is approved? No
  • Is current revision? No
  • Ready for localization: No
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If you have deleted one or more of the default Smart Bookmarks Folders, including:

  • Most Visited
  • Recently Bookmarked
  • Recent Tags

you can restore them by doing the following:

  1. Type about:config in the address bar and press EnterReturn.
    A warning page may appear. Click Accept the Risk and Continue to go to the about:config page.
  2. Search for the preference browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion.
  3. Double-click on browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion and change the value to 0 (zero).
  4. Click the Firefox menu Fx89menuButton and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu Fx89menuButton and select Quit.

The next time you start Firefox, the default Smart Bookmarks Folders will be re-created.

If you wish to re-create the Smart Bookmarks Folders by hand, the relevant URIs are:

  • Most Visited:
  • Recently Bookmarked: place:folder=BOOKMARKS_MENU&folder=UNFILED_BOOKMARKS&folder=TOOLBAR&sort=12&excludeQueries=1&excludeItemIfParentHasAnnotation=livemark%2FfeedURI&maxResults=10&queryType=1
  • Recent Tags: place:sort=14&type=6&maxResults=10&queryType=1