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backup bookmarks dont work

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I lost my bookmarks today. Dont know what happened. Now i have tryed to recover them, but i get message which is free tranlated "backup file cant be handle". I try to recover them bookmarks/organize bookmarks/"bring" and then i select like 3days old file and then i get that message.

I lost my bookmarks today. Dont know what happened. Now i have tryed to recover them, but i get message which is free tranlated "backup file cant be handle". I try to recover them bookmarks/organize bookmarks/"bring" and then i select like 3days old file and then i get that message.

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cor-el
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See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_process_the_backup_file_-_Firefox http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

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yep this did solve it! Ty!

Damaged Places database

If the symptoms described above occur even when you first start Firefox after rebooting the computer, the Places database ("places.sqlite" file) may be damaged or missing essential information. If you have a recent profile backup you can remove the file "places.sqlite" (and "places.sqlite-journal", if found) from the Firefox profile folder and replace it with the "places.sqlite" backup. If you have no backup or if it doesn't resolve the problem, you can rebuild the Places database as follows: (You may wish to export your bookmarks to an HTML file first, as a precaution.) 

   Close Firefox completely
   Open the Firefox profile folder
   Delete or rename all files named "places.sqlite", including "places.sqlite-journal" and any "places.sqlite.corrupt" files, if found.

When you restart Firefox, "places.sqlite" will be rebuilt and your bookmarks will be automatically restored from the latest JSON bookmark backup; however, your browsing history will be lost. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Note: In rare cases, your JSON bookmark backup files may also be damaged. You can optionally rebuild the Places database without using any JSON backups by also removing all "bookmarks-(date).json" files from the bookmarkbackups folder but this will result in missing bookmarks unless the profile folder contains a bookmarks.html file with your current bookmarks. If you have a bookmarks.html export or a saved copy of bookmarks.html, you can place it in the Firefox profile folder after removing the "places.sqlite*" and all JSON bookmark backups and Firefox will use those bookmarks to rebuild "places.sqlite".