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Why won't my Yahoo! bookmarks import to Firefox?

zendebi
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I have tried several times to import my Yahoo! bookmarks using an HTM file. I used the instructions at: Import Bookmarks from a HTML file https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-html-file?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=import-bookmarks-html

I'm running Widows 7, 64-bit w/Firefox v30.0.

My Profile contains: browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 7

thanks, Debbie

I have tried several times to import my Yahoo! bookmarks using an HTM file. I used the instructions at: Import Bookmarks from a HTML file https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-html-file?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=import-bookmarks-html I'm running Widows 7, 64-bit w/Firefox v30.0. My Profile contains: browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 7 thanks, Debbie

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guigs
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Hi Debbie, 

browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 7 ,

These are not features in my default Windows 7 about:config page. Did you add these? Maybe set the first one to true and try to import from the Bookmarks > Show all bookmarks menu.

the-edmeister
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zendebi,

Import Bookmarks from HTML... should work, but not if the file you have isn't formatted properly enough to be recognized by Firefox.

Open that bookmarks.html file in a text program and copy the first few lines of code, then post that code into the Reply box here. Also, what is the file size of that file?

zendebi
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The size of the file is 58KB.

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the-edmeister
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Sorry, that's not a proper bookmarks.html file. Don't know what it is.

This is the beginning of a bookmarks.html file. 

<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
<!-- This is an automatically generated file.
     It will be read and overwritten.
     DO NOT EDIT! -->
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE>
<H1>Bookmarks Menu</H1>
zendebi
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How about . . . 


 Bookmarks


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the-edmeister
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Sorry, that's not what bookmarks code looks like.

This is what 2 "bookmarks" look like in a bookmarks.html file. 

<DL><p>
        <DT><A HREF="http://abc.go.com/shows/detroit-1-8-7" ADD_DATE="1286343657" LAST_MODIFIED="1286343758" ICON_URI="http://cdn.media.abc.com/favicon.ico" ICON="data:image/png;base64,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"> Detroit 1-8-7 - ABC.com</A>
        <DT><A HREF="http://abc.go.com/shows/castle" ADD_DATE="1286257913" LAST_MODIFIED="1289892942" ICON_URI="http://cdn.media.abc.com/favicon.ico" ICON="data:image/png;base64,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">Castle -  ABC.com</A>