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I have to reinstall windows. How do I save all my current bookmarks?

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I have to reinstall Windows. How do I save all my bookmarks so that I can reload them onto Firefox in the new Windows.

I have to reinstall Windows. How do I save all my bookmarks so that I can reload them onto Firefox in the new Windows.

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Ryan
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Please view this knowledge base article: Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer

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Or you can use an add-on like febe, it can backup bookmarks, preferences and the mos important thing Extensions. The only problem is that requires some time like 5-15 minutes, depends of how much do you will back up Link to febe: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109/

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Weather and Jorge, thanks for your replies. I have saved the bookmarks now using the information on the knowledge base, but when I tried to open the file, it was a JSON file which Windows doesn't open. There were a number of links to sites to download something to open such a file, but I dont know which ones are safe and effective. Can you help any further with this?

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When you get Firefox re-installed, open Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks -> Restore - Choose File...