Transfer Firefox bookmarks from one computer to another

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Transfer Firefox bookmarks from one computer to another

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How do you transfer bookmarks FF Ver 3.0 from one computer(WIN2k) to another(XP)? I know that the bookmarks.html file is hidden and I know where it is but when I transfer from WIN2K machine to the XP machine the old bookmarks are still there and not the one I want. Obviously I am not in the right spot.

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Re: Transfer Firefox bookmarks from one computer to another

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The bookmarks are no longer stored in the file you have listed above, in Firefox 3 and above they are stored in a file called places.sqlite and you can find that file in your profile folder. There are also automated solutions to do this, some of which are discussed here.
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Re: Transfer Firefox bookmarks from one computer to another

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just 1 thing; not sure if it's win2k compatible
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Re: Transfer Firefox bookmarks from one computer to another

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jimcoffey65 wrote:How do you transfer bookmarks FF Ver 3.0 from one computer(WIN2k) to another(XP)? I know that the bookmarks.html file is hidden and I know where it is but when I transfer from WIN2K machine to the XP machine the old bookmarks are still there and not the one I want. Obviously I am not in the right spot.


Export: Bookmarks>Organize Bookmarks>Import and Backup>Export HTML and export them to your desired directory.

Import: Bookmarks>Organize Bookmarks>Import and Backup>Import HTML and point it to the .html file you saved.
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Re: Transfer Firefox bookmarks from one computer to another

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Mozilla> FireFox directory> (hidden in Linux .mozilla)> Firefox> default> places.sqlite...
Places.SQLite is the file that holds All your bookmarks... Very Cool!

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Thanks, Landis! Did you notice this thread was from June 2008? :D

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