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Upgraded to Win 10 and latest Firefox. Bookmarks disappeared. Help page solutions have not fixed it.

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Is there a way to go back to older Firefox to find bookmarks? Is Win 10 the problem? Thank you for your help.

Is there a way to go back to older Firefox to find bookmarks? Is Win 10 the problem? Thank you for your help.

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Hi

Did you backup your Firefox profile before you upgraded to Windows 10?

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Didn't know I needed to. Isn't it all online?

I did not erase my Win 7 drive so I could put it back in the computer if doing something with that would help. Penny

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You can copy certain files with Firefox closed to the current profile folder to transfer or recover personal data. Note that best is to avoid copying a full profile folder.

You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).


  • bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
  • favicons: favicons.sqlite
  • bookmark backups: compressed .jsonlz4 JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
  • cookies.sqlite for the Cookies
  • formhistory.sqlite for saved autocomplete Form Data
  • logins.json (encrypted logins;32+) and key4.db (decryption key;58+) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
    key3.db support ended in 73+; to use key3.db in 58-72, make sure to remove key4.db
  • cert9.db (58+) for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
  • persdict.dat for words added to the spell checker dictionary
  • permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other website specific data (Site Preferences)
  • sessionstore.jsonlz4 for open tabs and pinned tabs (see also the sessionstore-backups folder)