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Upgraded windows 8 to 8.1 FF24 - Lost all bookmarks. HELP!!

rothjohn
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Using FF24 for the last several days with windows 8. Today, after "upgrading" to Windows 8.1, I've lost all bookmarks. Interestingly, I also lost all my email in Thunderbird.

I've tried importing the Firefox bookmarks from a windows vista machine with no success. Tries both as an HTML file and as JSON file.

Before re-entering all the bookmarks manually, I'm hoping there is an easy solution.

Thanks

JR

Using FF24 for the last several days with windows 8. Today, after "upgrading" to Windows 8.1, I've lost all bookmarks. Interestingly, I also lost all my email in Thunderbird. I've tried importing the Firefox bookmarks from a windows vista machine with no success. Tries both as an HTML file and as JSON file. Before re-entering all the bookmarks manually, I'm hoping there is an easy solution. Thanks JR

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

Did the Windows 8.1 update create a backup folder called C:\Windows.old? If so, your data probably can be found here:

C:\Windows.old\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

These articles may help with the exploration and recovery process:

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

Did the Windows 8.1 update create a backup folder called C:\Windows.old? If so, your data probably can be found here:

C:\Windows.old\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

These articles may help with the exploration and recovery process: