F3b3 Places ignores bookmarks

jvc · Post by **jvc** » February 13th, 2008, 5:25 am

Hi,

after i upgraded from beta2 to beta3, all bookmarks which were not placed in one of the three folders (Bookmarks Toolbar, Bookmarks Menu, Unfiled Bookmarks) are gone.

Now i recognized, that bookmarks placed there are also not saved to the bookmarks.postplaces.html file when closing Firefox.

Is that normal? Any chance to get my lost bookmarks back?

Thanks, Joe.

Post by **SK.** » February 13th, 2008, 5:34 am

Moving to Firefox Builds.

teoli2003 · Post by **teoli2003** » February 13th, 2008, 5:48 am

To get back your bookmarks: Bookmarks -> Show All Bookmarks -> Import and Backup -> Restore and choose last backup (or the day before).

jvc · Post by **jvc** » February 13th, 2008, 5:59 am

Aren't bookmarks restored from the files in bookmarksbackup?
As i mentioned, the bookmarks which are not placed in one of the three folders, aren't written to the bookmarks-whatever.html files.

So unfortunately a restore doesn't bring back my lost bookmarks.

Is the upgrade from beta2 to beta3 restoring the bookmarks from the last saved file?
Because if i drag'n'drop a bookmark into the list (not in one of the three folders), it is saved, but doesn't show up in the bookmarks files.

Regrads, Joe.

pal-moz · Post by **pal-moz** » February 13th, 2008, 6:18 am

where did you save bookmarks to/in ?

teoli2003 · Post by **teoli2003** » February 13th, 2008, 6:21 am

jvc wrote:So unfortunately a restore doesn't bring back my lost bookmarks.

Oh sorry, I misread you.

I'm afraid their are lost.

But it seems to be a bug. I've done the following test. I have placed one bookmark outside the three folder and done an export.

In the resulting file, the new bookmark wasn't there.

Even if you shouldn't have lost them at the first place, you should have get them back that way.

I will file a bug entry if I don't find one.

jvc · Post by **jvc** » February 13th, 2008, 6:21 am

I open my bookmarks in the sidebar. Then the three folders are shown (Bookmarks Toolbar, Bookmarks Menu, Unfiled Bookmarks).
Then i drag'n'dropped below the three collapsed folders to create a bookmark, so the bookmark is placed _not_ in one of the three folders.

I hope this explanation was understandable.

jvc · Post by **jvc** » February 13th, 2008, 6:25 am

@teoli2003: They were lost with upgrading to beta3. That's why i asked if the upgrade restores the bookmarks from the last saved file.

If it is, then the lost bookmarks are a result of the bug, that bookmarks outside of the three folders are not exported.

teoli2003 · Post by **teoli2003** » February 13th, 2008, 6:35 am

I've filed the following bug in it: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417228

Please do not make unnecessary comments to it. I've linked this discussion to it.

a;skdjfajf;ak · Post by **a;skdjfajf;ak** » February 13th, 2008, 6:36 am

Also could be related to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396806 maybe.

Tagged Bookmarks / and unfiled not backed up.

teoli2003 · Post by **teoli2003** » February 13th, 2008, 6:52 am

Yep that's similar though not a dup stricto senso. A fix seems to be almost ready and it will likely fix also 417228.

(Note that the export part is probably a second problem, though not critical at all).

caintry_boy · Post by **caintry_boy** » February 13th, 2008, 9:08 am

I also upgraded to Beta 3 yesterday and lost all my bookmarks. Trying a restore back to 2/11/2008 doesn't even get them back.....

:cry:

teoli2003 · Post by **teoli2003** » February 13th, 2008, 9:22 am

Have you done a system restore or through Firefox' Library thing.

Were you using Fx3 beta 2 or another release (2.x)?