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Problems copying bookmarks to new computer.

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Larry
Larry

Installed to new system because old system was updated to Win11 and it failed. Old system is only partially operable. Trying to copy (export and import html files) of the bookmarks to the new system, but even though the import seems to have worked, I cannot get the program to show the bookmarks correctly (or at all). They appear in the Manage Bookmarks window but will not appear on the desktop view. What am I doing wrong? When I import them, I select the All Bookmarks item to copy to but it copies everything to the Bookmarks Menu folder.

Installed to new system because old system was updated to Win11 and it failed. Old system is only partially operable. Trying to copy (export and import html files) of the bookmarks to the new system, but even though the import seems to have worked, I cannot get the program to show the bookmarks correctly (or at all). They appear in the Manage Bookmarks window but will not appear on the desktop view. What am I doing wrong? When I import them, I select the All Bookmarks item to copy to but it copies everything to the Bookmarks Menu folder.

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TechHorse
TechHorse

Larry, within the library you can move the transferred bookmarks and folders to wherever you wish, if you don't want to keep them in the location that they were imported.

Standard techniques such as dragginng and dropping, cutting and pasting etc. will work for moving .items around within the bookmarks library.

TechHorse
TechHorse

P.S. The bookmarks toolbar in the main Firefox window shows the items that are stored in: All Bookmarks / Bookmarks Toolbar

So any bookmarks that you manually move into this location while in the library should appear in the toolbar.

If it is not currently visible, then you can show or hide the bookmarks toolbar in the main window by pressing ctrl+shift+b.

Modified by TechHorse

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