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Change Location of Bookmarks

prickett
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I'd like to change the location of my bookmarks. In the past, I was successful by typing in "about:config" then entering a new preference name "browser.bookmarks.file" with a value of my new bookmark file location. With the 3.6.13 version, this isn't working. How can I do this?

I'd like to change the location of my bookmarks. In the past, I was successful by typing in "about:config" then entering a new preference name "browser.bookmarks.file" with a value of my new bookmark file location. With the 3.6.13 version, this isn't working. How can I do this?

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You can not change the location of the bookmarks file, the places.sqlite bookmarks file must be in the profile folder.

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TonyE
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You can not change the location of the bookmarks file, the places.sqlite bookmarks file must be in the profile folder.

prickett
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Thanks for the answer.

cor-el
cor-el
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You can use the pref browser.bookmarks.file to set the location and name of an automatic HTML bookmarks backup.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Export_bookmarks

prickett
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Outstanding! That will give me the same thing as relocating the bookmarks file would.

Thanks for the info.

the-edmeister
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Not exactly the same, the Tags data (if you are using that bookmarks feature) isn't saved to a bookmarks.html backup file.