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If your attempts to save changes to bookmarks in Firefox are not successful, this article provides some troubleshooting tips for how to re-enable adding, removing, and editing bookmarks.

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Changes are lost whenever you restart Firefox

If your changes to your bookmarks do not appear when you restart Firefox, the issue may be that your bookmarks file is write-protected. A write-protected file cannot be changed, which prevents your edits to your bookmarks from being saved.

Firefox 3:
Windows:

To enable writing of your bookmarks file:

  1. Go to your Firefox profile folder.
  2. Right-click the file places.sqlite, and select Properties to open the Properties window.
  3. In the Properties window, select the General tab. Near the bottom of the window, verify that Read-only is not selected.


  4. If the folder also contains a file called bookmarks.html.moztmp, verify that it is not marked as read-only.

Mac OS:
  1. In the Finder, go to your Firefox profile folder.
  2. Select the file places.sqlite.
  3. From the menu bar select the File menu and select Get Info. The bookmarks.html info window will open.
  4. In the bookmarks.html info window, remove the check mark from the Locked check box.

Firefox 2:
Windows:

To enable writing of your bookmarks file:

  1. Go to your Firefox profile folder.
  2. Right-click the file bookmarks.html, and select Properties to open the Properties window.
  3. In the Properties window, select the General tab. Near the bottom of the window, verify that Read-only is not selected.
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  4. If the folder also contains a file called bookmarks.html.moztmp, verify that it is not marked as read-only.

Mac OS:
  1. In the Finder, go to your Firefox profile folder.
  2. Select the file bookmarks.html.
  3. From the menu bar select the File menu and select Get Info. The bookmarks.html info window will open.
  4. In the bookmarks.html info window, remove the check mark from the Locked check box.

Unable to add a new bookmark

Corrupt file

If you cannot add a bookmark through the Add Bookmark dialog, a file in your profile folder may be corrupt. The file localstore.rdf can be fixed. For more information, see resetting the toolbar.

Bookmark Duplicate Detector

If you have installed the add-on "Bookmark Duplicate Detector," it may be causing a conflict with the Add Bookmark dialog. To verify:

  1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click the Tools menu, and select Add-ons to open the Add-ons window.
  2. In the Add-ons window, select the Extensions panel. Verify that the Bookmark Duplicate Detector is installed.
  3. If it is installed, at the bottom of the window, click Find Updates.
  4. If an update is available for the Bookmark Duplicate Detector add-on, download and install it.

If upgrading the add-on does not address the problem, you may choose to remove the Bookmark Duplicate Detector add-on:

  1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click the Tools menu, and select Add-ons to open the Add-ons window.
  2. In the Extensions panel, select Bookmark Duplicate Detector.
  3. Click Uninstall.
  4. To complete the uninstall, restart Firefox.




Based on information from Bookmarks not saved (mozillaZine KB)


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Page last modified on Friday 30 of May, 2008 20:38:56 PST.
Contributors to this page: Chris_Ilias , Bo , AliceWyman , djstsys and skulvis .
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