Tool to check your browser favourites/bookmarks

Chippy_Minton

I was going through my Firefox bookmarks manually checking for invalid and dead bookmarks and thought 'this seems like hard work'. I then came across an excellent free tool called AM-Deadlink which does the job and saves a lot of time:

AM-DeadLink detects broken links and duplicate entries in your browser's bookmarks. If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can choose to delete it. The program comes with an internal preview browser that allows you to take a quick look at your bookmarked sites from within the program. In addition, you can backup your entire collection to a ZIP file, download Favicons, export your Favorites, and more. AM-Deadlink works with Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla and Netscape, and it can also check links in CSV files.

sra

Chippy_Minton wrote:

I was going through my Firefox bookmarks manually checking for invalid and dead bookmarks and thought 'this seems like hard work'. I then came across an excellent free tool called AM-Deadlink which does the job and saves a lot of time:

Oh but why couldn't you have posted yesterday !

I spent last night going through around 100 of my old bookmarks :eek:

ah well - at least this should help with the 300 or so I have left

thanks

EDIT: AM-Deadlink tells me I actually have 800 bookmarks:eek:

Fran

I've just downloaded it but can't get it to work. One of the reviews says:-

[font=verdana,arial,helvetica]"Took a while to figure out I had to manually point to and open the correct bookmark file first, then after that you let the app scan for the changes, delete the bad one out yourself, then save the changed file back."

[/font][font=verdana,arial,helvetica]What do they mean "point to and open the correct bookmark file first"? Mine says I have 0 bookmarks... but I have got some!
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sra

Go to firefox in the dropdown menu on the left then show it where your bookmarks are:

C:\Documents and Settings\ <username> \Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ <random number >.default\bookmarks


I was doing 'check bookmarks' (green box with tick) and it was working fine.

I decided to change it to 'check bookmarks and download favicons' (red apple) and my computer ground to a halt so I maybe won't use that option unless I'm not using the PC for while

sra

Not sure what your supposed to do when your finished.

Doesn't change your firefox bookmarks as it goes

I presume your supposed to save to comp, change then import??

Chippy_Minton

sra wrote:

Not sure what your supposed to do when your finished.

Doesn't change your firefox bookmarks as it goes

I presume your supposed to save to comp, change then import??

No, it doesn't change the bookmarks as it goes. Better if it did.

To save your changes, click the disk icon (next to the dropdown). If your browser is open, it displays a warning asking you to close it first. Restart your browser and you should find that the bookmarks have been changed/deleted.

sra

yeah

got rid of 40 out of date bookmarks and fixed a lot of old redirects

dag_2

Am I right in thinking that if you export Mozilla bookmarks to an HTML file, you can manually edit the file to remove the bookmarks you don't want - and then, in Mozilla's bookmark manager, you can use the shift key to highlight to delete all your bookmarks, then you can re-import them back from the edited exported HTML file?

Reason I ask is because Bookmark manager is clumsy, and only lets you edit one bookmark at a time. I would probably find it easier to edit them externally as an HTML file. But I haven't tried it yet - because I'm worried about losing all my bookmarks.

Thanks.

Chippy_Minton

dag wrote:

Am I right in thinking that if you export Mozilla bookmarks to an HTML file, you can manually edit the file to remove the bookmarks you don't want - and then, in Mozilla's bookmark manager, you can use the shift key to highlight to delete all your bookmarks, then you can re-import them back from the edited exported HTML file?

Yes in theory you could do this, although have you seen the bookmarks.html file that exporting produces? It would be tricky to edit in Notepad and you'd really need a proper HTML editor to edit it. Why don't you use Bookmarks Manager itself to delete bookmarks? You can use Shift-click to select a range of bookmarks to delete.

dag wrote:

Reason I ask is because Bookmark manager is clumsy, and only lets you edit one bookmark at a time. I would probably find it easier to edit them externally as an HTML file. But I haven't tried it yet - because I'm worried about losing all my bookmarks.
Thanks.

I would think any bookmark manager would let you _edit_ only one bookmark at a time. You won't lose your bookmarks by exporting them, but see my first para. about editing the .html file generated.

On the Mozilla forum, see Third party software that alters or deletes bookmarks for extensions to Bookmarks Manager or alternative s/ware.