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All my bookmarks disappeared, and I can't bookmark anything else. Troubleshooting told me to start by restarting Firefox. How do I do this?

All my bookmarks disappeared, and I can't bookmark anything else. Troubleshooting told me to start by restarting Firefox. How do I do this?

Hi, could you please ask a new question? See this article for how to start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode.

I don't know if I need to start a new question or not, but it appears we're all having the same issue. I'm also getting the following error message:

The bookmarks and history system will not be functional because one of Firefox's files is in use by another application. Some security software can cause this problem.

I don't know what prompted this concern on my Windows 11-based laptop, but I only noticed this last night doing some research for another issue. I don't have any of my bookmarks showing up in the bookmarks section, nor will it allow me to click the star on any tab to bookmark the page. I have restarted and shut down my laptop several times and this is not solving the concern. Let me know if you need more information or if I need to start this inquiry again elsewhere, but again it sounds like the same concern.

I have included a screenshot of the exact error for accuracy's sake. Like everyone else here, I'm trying to get my bookmark and history access back up and running but not sure how to go about it. Please advise.

Ironically, I am not having this issue on my older PC that is still operating on Windows 10. I can view history and access or add bookmarks with no concern to my knowledge.

Hi thatwdbme,

I'm not sure about the issues being the same, since no one here mentioned the "The bookmarks and history system will not be functional" error message. We have a dedicated article for this kind of issue: Fix "The bookmarks and history system will not be functional" error message. Please try the suggestions mentioned there and see if any of them help. If you have any troubles or additional questions, please create a new question and post a link to it here, so that your case has a separate thread.

Admittedly I am assuming we're having the same issue based on the user maddpup's response to this thread. But I started a new question.

Here's the link to my new question per your response. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1574989