Comments on: Helpful Tip: Recover Lost Bookmarks in Firefox 3

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:00:57 +0000

I also got the same error message. It really makes me upset. My sister plugged in her MP3 player while my other sister was on the computer, and everything got messed up. All her music is gone, and every bookmark I had on FF is gone. Yesterday was the day I was going to back them up again, but I never got a change. I lost so many important websites I’m near tears. Dorky, I know.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:23:34 +0000

I updated Firefox on August 8. At that time I lost all bookmarks. I have tried all sorts of “things” to get them back but no luck.

By: Lindsey Smith

Lindsey Smith — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:58:39 +0000

Exactly the same as Shelley Saunders … error message every time.

Rather annoying

By: Shelley Saunders

Shelley Saunders — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:45:24 +0000

I have tried your solution. I get an error message Unable to process backup folder. This issue is driving me up the wall! Please help.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:38:17 +0000

I have done all the above but on new firefox I can never bookmark to my folders, its just shows up a couple of files.

Makes it hard to bookmark

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By: Miles

Miles — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:13:41 +0000

Yes, Ryan, your method is as the doctor ordered (Providing we haven’t lost too many bookmarks which would cause it to be a project — I presume this would normally be 1 or 2 days of bookmarking.)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:46:12 +0000

That’s exactly what I’d do, well, assuming I understand what you’re saying. Here’s what I’m guessing you were getting at:
1) Backup the current bookmarks
2) Restore bookmarks to older version
3) Open the bookmarks you wanted to recover in new tabs
4) Restore the backup of your bookmarks from step 1
5) Re-bookmark the sites you opened in tabs in step 3
6) Do the happy dance!

By: Miles

Miles — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:40:41 +0000

Good thought on how to use “backup” prior to complete replacement. It should be relatively easy to re-arrange the file in sequence of “date added,” then simply open those and re-bookmark. (Or perhaps they will copy directly into that file?)