cannot transfer bookmarks between windows versions
Firefox on Windows XP produces a json file when I export bookmarks. Windows 7 expects a html file. How can I transfer the bookmarks from XP to Windows 7?
Firefox on Windows XP produces a json file when I export bookmarks. Windows 7 expects a html file. How can I transfer the bookmarks from XP to Windows 7?
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When you are in the Firefox Organize Bookmarks (Library) window, you need to restore a JSON backup file, or Import a bookmarks.html file that was exported.
If you are looking to transfer your Firefox bookmarks to a different browser, you need to do an HTML export from Firefox, other browsers can't handle the JSON format for Firefox bookmark backups.
- Restoring a JSON file, replaces your current bookmarks.
- Importing an HTML file, adds to your current bookmarks. This can result in duplicate bookmarks. See:
Read the following carefully: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox#Difference_between_restoring_and_importing_bookmarks