Where are my bookmarks?
I completely cleaned out my computer and started from scratch. When I reinstalled FF4.0, I tried importing my Bookmarks from before I cleaned the computer. Nothing is importing. Are my bookmarks gone? Or is there a way I can get them up again?
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Depends on what "completely cleaned out my computer" means.
Obviously you don't have the information in your current profile, and you wouldn't ask if you've formatted your hard drive, or maybe you have an accessible backup.
You can find your current profile through about:support (or Help > Troubleshooting information...) then choose "Open Containing Folder". The filename of the folder contains the name of the current profile. Up one level you may find other profiles, your oldest folder would probably contain the profile name of "default" something like "itpst8ja.default" i.e.
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\itpst8ja.default
Look at the last modified dates for the folder and the places.sqlite file. Don't open the files, but if you find one with the right dates then that would be the profile to get your data from.
If you find another profile with what you need then continue with the answers in the following: (two long answers within 11 seconds of one another).
My bookmarks are not there. I had googled several different situations before I bothered asking on here. They're gone. I figured that out the day I asked. 3 days ago. So, thanks anyhow.