Firefox Bookmarks

netdumdum

Hi,

Does anyone know how you back up Firefox Bookmarks as I am going to reinstall Windows but am unsure where the bookmarks are stored, many thanks!

f3lix

Open Firefox
click on Bookmarks
click on file
then export and save.

netdumdum

Thanks for that f3lix

THE_MIDDLEMAN

make sure you stick them on a flash drive or email them to a yahoo / hotmail account to keep them off your PC for the re-install.

wolfman

Just grab your whole profile.

It'll take some looking, but it usually resides in:

C:\Documents and Settings\## Your Username ##\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

It should be one of the folders within the above.

I'd also suggest, upon doing a re-install. Get Firefox installed, then go to:
Start (as in the button in the bottom left) > Run > then type "firefox -p" and press Enter.

This will bring up the Firefox profile manager. You can then import your old profile. I always like to keep my profile stored on a separate partition (or hard drive) to Windows. That way I know where it is, and it's safe if something happens to the Windows partition.