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How can I get my bookmarks back after uninstalling Firefox?

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When uninstalling Firefox, it asked me if I wanted to delete my bookmarks, etc. I clicked in the check box to delete them, but after a couple days, I realized I should have saved them. Someone told me there is probably a temp folder that is hidden somewhere for just this reason. Can anyone help me get my bookmarks back please? Oh yea, my OS is Vista and I have reinstalled Firefox 3.6.8

When uninstalling Firefox, it asked me if I wanted to delete my bookmarks, etc. I clicked in the check box to delete them, but after a couple days, I realized I should have saved them. Someone told me there is probably a temp folder that is hidden somewhere for just this reason. Can anyone help me get my bookmarks back please? Oh yea, my OS is Vista and I have reinstalled Firefox 3.6.8

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Sorry, that "delete" option deletes all your Firefox personal data, no "temp" folder for that data.

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You can try with an undelete program like Recuva if you can restore a JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

http://www.recuva.com/
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox