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After update without my knowledge, all my hundreds of BOOKMARKS have disappeared.

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peterlmott
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Firefox has auto-updated with lastest version and all new menu items and ALL my hundreds of BOOKMARKS have disappeared. Also, a new new product called Firefox Private browsing has been installed without my knowledge.

My bookmarks I use for work and life, and will very hard to re-create.

The browsers I have used before have always stored the bookmarks in a safe place?

I have turned off Auto-update as it obviously doesn't work or has serious bugs.

Firefox has auto-updated with lastest version and all new menu items and ALL my hundreds of BOOKMARKS have disappeared. Also, a new new product called Firefox Private browsing has been installed without my knowledge. My bookmarks I use for work and life, and will very hard to re-create. The browsers I have used before have always stored the bookmarks in a safe place? I have turned off Auto-update as it obviously doesn't work or has serious bugs.

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Terry
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Private browsing isn't new but apparently there is now a separate task bar icon in Windows. You can disable that, I understand, and perhaps another Windows user can enlighten you.

The following article may help with the bookmarks you have lost.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update

You may need a policy file to stop automatic updating.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-group-policy-windows