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Lost bookmarks after intalling F4

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Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.... plz help me i know u can, i know u always can

well, here the symptoms

- Installed Firefox 4.......lost my bookmarks Note: I do have a backup on html but its from some time ago then....

- Tried to instal the 3.6 version ... nothing

- Restored the Windows to one before the installation = Nothing

- I look up for information in the forums JSON file, profile and others, but some ones are a bit confusing for me....

- Did the backup option in the bookmarks window but some how the backup its from the point where i had no bookmarks

- Changed the profiles to look for something but didnt work

and then im still here, i did a backup of the 2 profile folders, i do notice that one have a bigger places.sqlite file and that but i do not know what to do very well

AND i havent cleaned my temps and all that in cause i lost something important to restore my bookmarks

thank you thank you thank you

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.... plz help me i know u can, i know u always can well, here the symptoms - Installed Firefox 4.......lost my bookmarks Note: I do have a backup on html but its from some time ago then.... - Tried to instal the 3.6 version ... nothing - Restored the Windows to one before the installation = Nothing - I look up for information in the forums JSON file, profile and others, but some ones are a bit confusing for me.... - Did the backup option in the bookmarks window but some how the backup its from the point where i had no bookmarks - Changed the profiles to look for something but didnt work and then im still here, i did a backup of the 2 profile folders, i do notice that one have a bigger places.sqlite file and that but i do not know what to do very well AND i havent cleaned my temps and all that in cause i lost something important to restore my bookmarks thank you thank you thank you

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This can be a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.

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This can be a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.

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Hey hi thank you for answering....

im not sure but i think i have a problem here the link u gave me, i cant connect or see nearly nothing of the page....

thank u