This guide is part of the Firefox 5 series
1.
Add a Facebook button to your toolbar in Firefox 5
2. How to clear search history in FireFox 5
3. How to import bookmarks favorites into Firefox 5
4. How to use FireFox 5
2. How to clear search history in FireFox 5
3. How to import bookmarks favorites into Firefox 5
4. How to use FireFox 5
Make: FireFox 5
Model / Product: FireFox
Version: 5.0.1
Objective / Info: You will learn to import Firefox bookmarks from a previously backed up windows profile. These steps can be used whenever you want to import bookmarks from another instance of Firefox.
Model / Product: FireFox
Version: 5.0.1
Objective / Info: You will learn to import Firefox bookmarks from a previously backed up windows profile. These steps can be used whenever you want to import bookmarks from another instance of Firefox.
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Select "From an HTML file" and click the "Next" button.
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This could be a backup from a previous installation of FireFox, or on another computer. Maybe a friends existing bookmarks.
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Browse to the location of your previous Firefox profile. In this example my path to a backup of Windows profile backup is "C: - Documents and Settings - MY WINDOWS PROFILE - Application Data - MozillaFirefox - Profile-soya7wp22.default"
Note :
Substitute the dashes with forward slashes. Windows show be set to show hidden files or you may not see this path.
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It may take a few seconds depending upon the number of bookmarks that are being imported but ALL of the bookmarks should appear in your bookmarks for your browser from this point forward.
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These should also appear in your browser immediately without rebooting FireFox when you select bookmarks.10
This task should now be complete. If not, review and repeat the steps as needed. Submit any questions using the section at the bottom of this page.comments powered by Disqus