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importing bookmarks from earlier version of firefox

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FF just updated to v66.0.3, taking with it all my bookmarks and not allowing me to restore backups be it .json or .jsonlz4 Get error msg "Unable to process the backup file." This is a bit of a PITA. Any workaround? TIA

FF just updated to v66.0.3, taking with it all my bookmarks and not allowing me to restore backups be it .json or .jsonlz4 Get error msg "Unable to process the backup file." This is a bit of a PITA. Any workaround? TIA

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

It is possible that the places.sqlite database is corrupted.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

In case errors are reported with "Verify Integrity" close and restart Firefox and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite then remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

See also:

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:preferences page.

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

It is possible that the places.sqlite database is corrupted.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.

  • use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page

In case errors are reported with "Verify Integrity" close and restart Firefox and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite then remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

  • keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

See also:

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:preferences page.

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Many thanks. Nice to see + The places.sqlite database is sane + The favicons.sqlite database is sane

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