Firefox is crap

**tomars** · July 7th, 2005, 01:04 PM

Is there anyway I can restore my bookmarks and stuff in Firefox when it just randomly decides it want to forget them for no reason?
Is there an easy way to export bookmark setting etc so that next time it happens I can just re-import all my bookmarks etc?
Thanks

**Digital Bliss** · July 7th, 2005, 01:11 PM

good one....

**joey tribiani** · July 7th, 2005, 01:15 PM

http://www.pikey.me.uk/mozilla/?extension=bb

**tomars** · July 7th, 2005, 01:21 PM

Thanks, that extension looks good :D

**davec8** · July 7th, 2005, 01:33 PM

If you have more than 1 profile, have you tried opening the profile manager to check it hasn't switched profiles on you?

**tomars** · July 7th, 2005, 01:57 PM

I only have 1 profile, I'm pretty sure. It's done it a couple of times before.

**black_magiic** · July 7th, 2005, 02:06 PM

I've never had any problems. I think you are just special.

**Lehk** · July 7th, 2005, 03:08 PM

i backup my entire profile (Documents and Settings\$user\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles\)
every once in a while just add it to a zip file after deleting the cache to save space.

the bookmark manager (bookmarks>manage bookmarks) allows you to {im|ex}port your firefox bookmarks

**shawners** · July 7th, 2005, 05:05 PM

Its in the bookmar section on top, just go to manage bookmarks.. Import, save, and everything.

tryingnottoburnup · July 7th, 2005, 05:34 PM

Ive had this happen to me before but I had a ton of tabs open. It was like, I couldnt connect to anymore webpages even though my internet connection was fine. I closed firefox, but when I tried to open it again it gave me the profile manager. what you have to do is kill firefox manually by using task manager for windows or kill command for linux. for mac i have no idea since im not rich and dont buy apple products. Hope this helps.

**Ne007** · July 7th, 2005, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by tryingnottoburnup

Ive had this happen to me before but I had a ton of tabs open. It was like, I couldnt connect to anymore webpages even though my internet connection was fine. I closed firefox, but when I tried to open it again it gave me the profile manager. what you have to do is kill firefox manually by using task manager for windows or kill command for linux. for mac i have no idea since im not rich and dont buy apple products. Hope this helps.

exactly what i was going to say.....took me a few times to figure it out.

BUT...i always backup my bookmarks:

bookmarks>manage bookmarks>file>export

**AgentOrange** · July 7th, 2005, 08:35 PM

its still better than IE... I mean the javapxy.dll exploit that went upatched for almost a week? WTF! Then the drag and drop vuln that M$ said wasn't a security issue for 7 months!

BTW SessionSaver(http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/sessionsaver) is my favorate plugin

**adidas_os** · July 7th, 2005, 09:53 PM

"Firefox is crap."

What? I'm afraid you're mistaken. Firefox is the farthest thing from "crap" you'll find in the browser category, in my humble opinion. Yeah!

"Is there anyway I can restore my bookmarks and stuff in Firefox when it just randomly decides it want to forget them for no reason?"

Yes, Bookmarks-->Manage Bookmarks-->Then File (In the new window.)-->Import. Of course this answer assumes you've backed them up by exporting them already. As for "stuff" I'm afraid you'll have to clarify.

Is there an easy way to export bookmark setting etc so that next time it happens I can just re-import all my bookmarks etc?

See above, but choose Export instead of import (They are right next to each other). As for etc... again you'll have to clarify.