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ruh-roh. So you're telling me that I backed up my doctoral thesis bookmarks to my external hard drive and yet there is no way to OPEN the files and read them?!?!?!?!?! Since I need a back up that I can "retrieve", do you suggest backing up somewhere else as well? Thanks everyone! Sign me Tech Newbie...
Read this thread from the beginning. If the file is not corrupt, there are many ways to read it. However, backing up to HTML format as well is an extremely wise precaution. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Export_bookmarks
SuzNYC wrote:... do you suggest backing up somewhere else as well?
Export HTML... and you'll have a bookmarks.html fire that can Imported into most any browser (bookmarks.html is the un-official bookmarks/favorites interchange standard most browsers use) or you can open that file in any browser and view just like you view a webpage. File > Open File... to open an HTML file that is on your hard disk.
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A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Mine has wandered off and I'm out looking for it.
OMG- ALTERNA Thank You- you helped save my live- so many assignments and music lost- PIUS- maybe this will help--- I've been trying things all evening- Copy all the bookmark JSON/ Html files to a folder on the desk top, - select a later bookmark {before the previous Firefox was installed} Use firefox to open the file-bookmark the open page and name it as Alterna said " javascript:(function(){var E=document.getElementsByTagName('PRE')[0],T=E.innerHTML,i=0,r1,r2;t=new Array();while(/("uri":"([^"]*)")/g.exec(T)){r1=RegExp.$1;r2=RegExp.$2;if(/^https?:/.exec(r2)){t[i++]='['+(i)+']:<a href='+r2+'>'+r2+'<\/a>';}}with(window.open().document){for(i=0;t[i];i++)write(t[i]+'<br>');close();}})(); " minus the " " marks ^_^ uninstall Firefox- install the newest version and it restored my Bookmarks YAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If not Keep trying- I had done numerous Guarantee fixes before finding this page ^_^
In my bookmarksbackup catalog under profiles I have 6 "bookmarks-2009-xx-xx.json" files each from a different day from the last 6 days. Each has the same size of 770 kB. Do I need all six or is only the last one needed ?
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