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Can anyone tell me how to access my old bookmarks?

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My windows 7 crashed so I needed to reinstall it, when i did it moved all my previous files into a file called windows.old000, can anyone give me a step by step on how to get the bookmarks from windows.old000 into my current Fire Fox bookmarks?

My windows 7 crashed so I needed to reinstall it, when i did it moved all my previous files into a file called windows.old000, can anyone give me a step by step on how to get the bookmarks from windows.old000 into my current Fire Fox bookmarks?

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Profile is a folder which store all your personal data in a safe place

You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder

here explain how to backup profile

Here explain how to restore it

Modified by Swarnava Sengupta

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Well I followed all of that, the problem I'm having is locating the hidden profile folder in windows.old000, all of these sites only tell me how to find the profile currently in use, once i find the files I know i can transfer them to replace the new files

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The "Application Data" folder in XP/Win2K and the "AppData" folder in Vista/Windows 7 are hidden folders.

  • Vista/Windows 7: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\