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Updated Office Computer to new loging, Need to find Bookmarks file to copy. Forgot to Backup Bookmarks

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Computer updated to new USER, can't get back into that. (Corporate blocks old login once given new one) Need to get my passwords and bookmarks off of old login. When new login came up and was in, Firefox did an update to a new version at that time.

Computer updated to new USER, can't get back into that. (Corporate blocks old login once given new one) Need to get my passwords and bookmarks off of old login. When new login came up and was in, Firefox did an update to a new version at that time.

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Bookmark Backups

Open a new tab or window. type about:support in the address box and press enter. Or Press the Alt or F10 key to bring up the tool bar. Then Help > Troubleshooting Information.

Under the page logo on the left side you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Folder. To it’s right press the button Show Folder. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox.

Enter the bookmarkbackups folder. This is where Firefox makes backups of your bookmarks.

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These can't get your data back, but will help in the future.

These add-ons can be a great help by backing up and restoring Firefox

FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) {web link} FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions, history, passwords, and more. In fact, it goes beyond just backing up -- It will actually rebuild your saved files individually into installable .xpi files. It will also make backup of files that you choose.

OPIE {web link} Import/Export extension preferences