Computer Refresh wiped out my bookmarks, help!
Ok, I had a problem with my computer a few days ago and we tried refreshing the computer. Now when it said it would delete "Apps" we had no idea Mozilla was considered an app. So now four months of bookmarks as well as my tabs from season manager are gone. Can anyone tell me if somehow the data was saved and is hiding on my computer somewhere please?
Chosen solution
The usual kind of Refresh on recent versions of Windows moves your application data to this folder:
C:\Windows.old\
Can you find that folder? If so, can you find this folder:
C:\Windows.old\Users\your-user-name
If so, your old Firefox data may well be in there. To explore further, it would be helpful to set Windows to show hidden files and folders. This article has the steps: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hidden-files
Then look for:
C:\Windows.old\Users\your-user-name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
Here you may find one or more semi-randomly named folders. The one with the most recently updated contents probably is the one you want to restore from.
Bookmarks Only
Drill down into the old bookmarkbackups folder and copy the two most recent backups to a convenient location such as the desktop.
The Restore feature will replace the default Firefox bookmarks (and anything you just added since the Reset) with the older set of bookmarks. If you need to preserve newly added bookmarks, use the export feature first, before the Restore, and then the Import feature afterwards. The following articles have the details:
- Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer -- to access the backups on the desktop, use the "Choose file" command on the menu
- (Optional) Import Bookmarks from an HTML file
Success?
Complete Restoration
This post has my suggested procedure for resurrecting your entire old profile in your new installation of Firefox. Please note the use of copy instead of move throughout the process. This allows you to try again if it fails somewhere along the way.
https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1024189#answer-638319
Any luck?
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Chosen Solution
The usual kind of Refresh on recent versions of Windows moves your application data to this folder:
C:\Windows.old\
Can you find that folder? If so, can you find this folder:
C:\Windows.old\Users\your-user-name
If so, your old Firefox data may well be in there. To explore further, it would be helpful to set Windows to show hidden files and folders. This article has the steps: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hidden-files
Then look for:
C:\Windows.old\Users\your-user-name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
Here you may find one or more semi-randomly named folders. The one with the most recently updated contents probably is the one you want to restore from.
Bookmarks Only
Drill down into the old bookmarkbackups folder and copy the two most recent backups to a convenient location such as the desktop.
The Restore feature will replace the default Firefox bookmarks (and anything you just added since the Reset) with the older set of bookmarks. If you need to preserve newly added bookmarks, use the export feature first, before the Restore, and then the Import feature afterwards. The following articles have the details:
- Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer -- to access the backups on the desktop, use the "Choose file" command on the menu
- (Optional) Import Bookmarks from an HTML file
Success?
Complete Restoration
This post has my suggested procedure for resurrecting your entire old profile in your new installation of Firefox. Please note the use of copy instead of move throughout the process. This allows you to try again if it fails somewhere along the way.
https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1024189#answer-638319
Any luck?
It worked!! I cannot express how grateful I am for your help jscher2000.
Glad to hear that worked.
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