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Importing Firefox Bookmarks

19 years ago

I've just gotten a new computer, and am having trouble importing my bookmarks from one to the other. Have followed the steps. But once I specify to import from a file, and then browse to my saved bookmarks file, it shows them, but there's nothing I can see to do to save them to the new browser. The bookmarks just sit there, then when I finally close them, they haven't imported. Obviously I'm missing some step! And I am importing saved Firefox bookmarks to a newly installed Firefox browser.

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cboy
19 years ago
I just have one computer to check with. After you find your Bookmarks that you want to Import. Right click the Bookmark
Icon and left click Select.
Is this not possible?
jerry_nj
19 years ago
Well you haven't specified where the bookmarks are you want to import.

If they are in Firefox, activate that copy of Firefox, then go to "organize bookmarks" then to "file" then to "export". Put this export on some medium you can move, memory stick, network...and do the same on the new Firefox except click "import" and browse for the file you just exported.
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randy_ca
19 years ago
After you browse to your bookmarks file click it, then click open, it should import.

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