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  1. neilmac

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    #1 neilmac, Feb 17, 2006
    I just downloaded the most recent version of Firefox (1.0.5.1 or something), and in the process all my bookmarks have disappeared.

    I still have most of them on IE - is there an easy way to copy the bookmarks from IE to Firefox?

    Many thanks,

    Neil
     
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    #2 134282, Feb 17, 2006
    Wow...! I just downloaded the update the other day and installed it and I did not have that problem... That sucks, I hope there's an easy fix for you...
     
  3. CornellCars

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    #3 CornellCars, Feb 17, 2006
    There should have been a field during the installation to import the bookmarks from IE, uninstall Firefox and do it again and it should prompt you. It's usually automatic, perhaps you missed it during all the install pages...
     
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    #4 taber, Feb 17, 2006
    To get your IE bookmarks...
    In FF go to Boomarks -> Manage Bookmarks... -> File -> Import -> From MS IE. Hit Next, and you should be ready set go.


    I think when you update FF it asks if you want to import your old bookmarks. Maybe you skipped over that process?
     
  5. shiggins

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    #5 shiggins, Feb 17, 2006
    What ^^he said. You don't need to uninstall.
     
  6. djoex

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    #6 djoex, Feb 17, 2006
    there is something called profiles in firefox, or any mozilla release for that matter. It should be in your mozilla firefox folder, when you choose it you can change to your old profile which should be called 'Default', however there is a possibility that you might have replaced that profile by mistake.

    After suffering problems like yours I've decided to move most of my bookmarks to a website called del.icio.us ( http://del.icio.us/ ) that allows you to save your bookmarks online and can be accessed from any computer, I really like it and well I guess Yahoo! liked it too, they bought it. (btw its free).

    -Joe
     
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    #7 Speedracer38, Feb 17, 2006
    where can i download the newest version of Firefox?? I have it now but upgrades are always nice :)
     
  8. shiggins

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    #8 shiggins, Feb 17, 2006
    Click the bell in the top right corner of the firefox window. It will tell you if there are updates and newer versions. It should be blue, if it's red there are 'critical' updates.
     
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    #10 neilmac, Feb 18, 2006
    Thank you, all of you, for your help. I will try your suggestions later today when I have time.

    FWIW, there was no time during the update process when this option was available. Just install the standard version, hit Next, then that was it.

    Neil
     
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    #11 neilmac, Feb 18, 2006

    OKay, did that and it worked....sort of.

    On FF, I click 'Bookmarks', and I still don't have anything there from IE. What I have to do is then click on 'Manage Bookmarks', which opens up a new window with my bookmarks included in there from IE, like little files.

    Is there now a way to move them to where they should be on FF, as links under the 'Bookmarks' option?

    Sorry to trouble everyone with this, but it seems to me the process should be easier than this.

    Neil
     
  12. neilmac

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    #12 neilmac, Feb 18, 2006
    Wish I could help.....the other day when I opened Firefox, instead of my homepage I just saw a screen saying the latest version of FF could be downloaded by clicking 'here'....so that's what I did.

    Neil
     
  13. taber

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    #13 taber, Feb 18, 2006
    Go back to Manage Bookmarks then you can drag and drop and create and delete new bookmark subfolders etc.
     

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