Vyhľadajte odpoveď

Vyhnite sa podvodom s podporou. Nikdy vás nebudeme žiadať, aby ste zavolali alebo poslali SMS na telefónne číslo alebo zdieľali osobné informácie. Nahláste prosím podozrivú aktivitu použitím voľby “Nahlásiť zneužitie”.

Learn More

How to export bookmarks from Firefox when Firefox won't load?

  • 6 odpovedí
  • 1 má tento problém
  • 544 zobrazení
  • Posledná odpoveď od Phae

more options

Hello. I have a (presumably) broken install of Firefox that never loads and I plan to totally uninstall Firefox (I have the beta version and I plan to get the normal version, unless you guys have a better solution to try), but first I just need to salvage my carefully curated bookmarks from this install before I nuke it (uninstall, do a clean-up, and reinstall a totally different version). Since normally once has to open the browser and enter settings (or bookmarks perhaps, I forget the exact process off the top of my head and clearly can't go look) to export bookmarks, I'm at a loss of how to accomplish this task. I've included a screenshot of what Firefox does when I open it. No amount of waiting does any good, this is all it does, and this is all it has done for over a year, despite numerous updates. Clearly the install is corrupted and I need to start fresh, but I need those bookmarks if at all possible. Is it possible? I've just switched to Chrome for the past year hoping it would eventually work itself out with an update, but that was clearly wishful thinking. I actually hate Chrome and would really like to get back to using Firefox, but I've let this linger for a year because I really do not want to lose those bookmarks and doing nothing and having a case of Schrodinger's bookmarks is somewhat better than having bookmarks that are gone forever.

Hello. I have a (presumably) broken install of Firefox that never loads and I plan to totally uninstall Firefox (I have the beta version and I plan to get the normal version, unless you guys have a better solution to try), but first I just need to salvage my carefully curated bookmarks from this install before I nuke it (uninstall, do a clean-up, and reinstall a totally different version). Since normally once has to open the browser and enter settings (or bookmarks perhaps, I forget the exact process off the top of my head and clearly can't go look) to export bookmarks, I'm at a loss of how to accomplish this task. I've included a screenshot of what Firefox does when I open it. No amount of waiting does any good, this is all it does, and this is all it has done for over a year, despite numerous updates. Clearly the install is corrupted and I need to start fresh, but I need those bookmarks if at all possible. Is it possible? I've just switched to Chrome for the past year hoping it would eventually work itself out with an update, but that was clearly wishful thinking. I actually hate Chrome and would really like to get back to using Firefox, but I've let this linger for a year because I really do not want to lose those bookmarks and doing nothing and having a case of Schrodinger's bookmarks is somewhat better than having bookmarks that are gone forever.

Vybrané riešenie

cor-el said

Firefox automatically creates backups in the bookmarkbackups folder, so you need to check that folder and backup its content.

Ah, perfect. Thanks. So I'll just drag the two most recent (just in case one is corrupt) of those out of that folder to my desktop, nuke Firefox, and then when I reinstall the new version, drag it back in there and then what? Restore bookmarks like normal using the GUI like normal? This one file in this one folder is all I will need?

Čítať túto odpoveď v kontexte 👍 0

Všetky odpovede (6)

more options

Image didn't upload the first time, here it is:

more options

Firefox automatically creates backups in the bookmarkbackups folder, so you need to check that folder and backup its content.

more options

Vybrané riešenie

cor-el said

Firefox automatically creates backups in the bookmarkbackups folder, so you need to check that folder and backup its content.

Ah, perfect. Thanks. So I'll just drag the two most recent (just in case one is corrupt) of those out of that folder to my desktop, nuke Firefox, and then when I reinstall the new version, drag it back in there and then what? Restore bookmarks like normal using the GUI like normal? This one file in this one folder is all I will need?

more options

Well, you also could consider creating a new profile and seeing whether it runs normally. Follow the steps for when Firefox is closed:

Profile Manager - Create, remove or switch Firefox profiles

more options

I noticed that there is a Firefox 85.0.2 update pending (there is a release candidate) that might be released later this week.

more options

cor-el said

Firefox automatically creates backups in the bookmarkbackups folder, so you need to check that folder and backup its content.

Hey cor-el, that worked perfectly, thank you for the nice simple solution.