Firefox 76.0.1 Bookmarks are Where?

Windows 10, 1909.

I give up. Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

They are not he
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\l2trwu70.default

Or any where else I can see. Or anywhere that searches send me.

about:config is of no help

(In File Explorer, the Favorites folder, located in C:\Users\Username,
contains favorites for Internet Explorer.)

On 5/16/20 9:10 PM, this is what Boris wrote:
Windows 10, 1909.

I give up. Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

They are not he
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\l2trwu70.default

Or any where else I can see. Or anywhere that searches send me.

about:config is of no help

(In File Explorer, the Favorites folder, located in C:\Users\Username,
contains favorites for Internet Explorer.)

Open aboutrofiles.
This will tell you where your "root" profile folder is.
Click the 'open directory' button. Bookmarks are places.sqlite and a companion option favicons.sqlite file. The favicons.sqlite file
is simple all those cute icons in the bookmarks.

Oh, and by the way, this is the same place it's been since ... well almost forever.

Al

Boris wrote:
Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

In your profiles folder, except they are in a sqlite file, which makes
them 'unrecognizable'.

One way to open the profiles directory from within Ffx is hamburger
icon/ Help/ Troubleshooting/ (6th item down Profile directory)/ Open
directory

Then, there is a places.sqlite file in there which contains all kinds of
things in that format.

That doesn't 'directly' help you very much if you want a recognizable
bookmarks file.

You can backup your bookmarks as a .json file, or you can export your
bookmarks as an html file using the Bookmarks menu (if you have a menu
bar). If you don't have a menu bar, you can use your hamburger again
for its Library/ Bookmarks/ Show all book marks - then use its Import
and Backup function.

sqlite stuff used to make me crazy because I wanted to look into it in a
'simple' fashion.

The .json file is useful for restoring firefox bookmarks by restoring a
backup .json.

--
Mike Easter

Boris wrote:
Windows 10, 1909.

I give up. Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

They are not he
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\l2trwu70.default

Or any where else I can see. Or anywhere that searches send me.

about:config is of no help

(In File Explorer, the Favorites folder, located in C:\Users\Username,
contains favorites for Internet Explorer.)

Normally, you start by turning on the Menu bar. Right-click the title bar
area, keep poking around until you get a context menu, then turn on the
Menu bar with File/Edit/View/History/Bookmarks words in its bar.

Now, in the Bookmarks menu, is Show All Bookmarks, brings
up a Library sub-panel. Import and Backup has an Export
option hiding inside. (If it was the old days, there'd be a Bookmark
Manager, but that would be too easy of a concept.)

Whew! At this point, I'd be taking a nap from all the excitement.

The Export option, should prompt for a place to store Bookmarks.html .
And we hid Export in "Import and Backup", like it was an Easter Egg.
No one would suspect...

And that's a file "humans" can use, the Bookmarks.html .

The above info was collected from a 52.9ESR I have in a Win10 VM.
YMMV etc. No matter where they hid it, there should still be an
Export option in there somewhere.

Don't forget to pack a picnic lunch before heading off
on your Export Adventure. We couldn't just have the file
sitting there, for every tom, dick, or harry to get at,
now could we. Yes, bits of it are in sqlite files, in
backups as jsonlz4 files and so on. Great. The check is in
the mail.

Just as to get a WindowsUpdate.log file, we have to
"execute Get-WindowsUpdateLog" or some similar baloney.
Another check in the mail.

Paul

Big Al wrote in :

On 5/16/20 9:10 PM, this is what Boris wrote:
Windows 10, 1909.

I give up. Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

They are not he
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\l2trwu70.de
fault

Or any where else I can see. Or anywhere that searches send me.

about:config is of no help

(In File Explorer, the Favorites folder, located in
C:\Users\Username, contains favorites for Internet Explorer.)

Open aboutrofiles.
This will tell you where your "root" profile folder is.
Click the 'open directory' button. Bookmarks are places.sqlite and
a companion option favicons.sqlite file. The favicons.sqlite file
is simple all those cute icons in the bookmarks.

Oh, and by the way, this is the same place it's been since ... well
almost forever.

Al


aboutrofiles shows me the Root Directy is located at

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles
\l2trwu70.default

Yes, that folder does indeed contain places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite.
Of course, I can't open to either to see individual URLs or icons.

I did find individual icons (filename.ico) he

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft .MicrosoftEdge_
8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\DataSt ore\Data\nouser1
\120712-0049\Favorites

Thanks for the reply.

Mike Easter wrote in news:hibkhbFs8s9U1
@mid.individual.net:

Boris wrote:
Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

In your profiles folder, except they are in a sqlite file, which makes
them 'unrecognizable'.

One way to open the profiles directory from within Ffx is hamburger
icon/ Help/ Troubleshooting/ (6th item down Profile directory)/ Open
directory

Then, there is a places.sqlite file in there which contains all kinds of
things in that format.

That doesn't 'directly' help you very much if you want a recognizable
bookmarks file.

Been there, and you're right. Not much help.

You can backup your bookmarks as a .json file, or you can export your
bookmarks as an html file using the Bookmarks menu (if you have a menu
bar). If you don't have a menu bar, you can use your hamburger again
for its Library/ Bookmarks/ Show all book marks - then use its Import
and Backup function.

Thanks. I imported (Show all bookmarks) to Internet Explorer as an
experiment. What showed up in IE Favorites was a 'bookmarks.html' file.
When I click on it, all of the bookmarks from Firefox are listed within
each folder as they were in Firefox. If I then right click on each link, I
can 'Add to favorites' in IE. I have to make a folder, first, if desired.
It's a long process, but it works.

sqlite stuff used to make me crazy because I wanted to look into it in a
'simple' fashion.

The .json file is useful for restoring firefox bookmarks by restoring a
backup .json.

Thanks.

Boris wrote in
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Big Al wrote in :

On 5/16/20 9:10 PM, this is what Boris wrote:
Windows 10, 1909.

I give up. Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

They are not he
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles
\l2trwu70.de
fault

Or any where else I can see. Or anywhere that searches send me.

about:config is of no help

(In File Explorer, the Favorites folder, located in
C:\Users\Username, contains favorites for Internet Explorer.)

Open aboutrofiles.
This will tell you where your "root" profile folder is.
Click the 'open directory' button. Bookmarks are places.sqlite and
a companion option favicons.sqlite file. The favicons.sqlite file
is simple all those cute icons in the bookmarks.

Oh, and by the way, this is the same place it's been since ... well
almost forever.

Al


aboutrofiles shows me the Root Directy is located at

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles
\l2trwu70.default

Yes, that folder does indeed contain places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite.
Of course, I can't open to either to see individual URLs or icons.


Referring to Edge, of course (I've been working with Edge bookmarks,
too):

I did find individual icons (filename.ico) he

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft .MicrosoftEdge_
8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\DataSt ore\Data\nouser1
\120712-0049\Favorites

Thanks for the reply.

Paul wrote in :

Boris wrote:
Windows 10, 1909.

I give up. Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

They are not he
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\l2trwu70.de
fault

Or any where else I can see. Or anywhere that searches send me.

about:config is of no help

(In File Explorer, the Favorites folder, located in
C:\Users\Username, contains favorites for Internet Explorer.)

Normally, you start by turning on the Menu bar. Right-click the title
bar area, keep poking around until you get a context menu, then turn
on the Menu bar with File/Edit/View/History/Bookmarks words in its
bar.

Now, in the Bookmarks menu, is Show All Bookmarks, brings
up a Library sub-panel. Import and Backup has an Export
option hiding inside. (If it was the old days, there'd be a Bookmark
Manager, but that would be too easy of a concept.)

Whew! At this point, I'd be taking a nap from all the excitement.

The Export option, should prompt for a place to store Bookmarks.html .
And we hid Export in "Import and Backup", like it was an Easter Egg.
No one would suspect...

And that's a file "humans" can use, the Bookmarks.html

I've been using different browsers for different things. I've always
found Firefox's bookmarking system somewhat cumbersome, so I thought I'd
copy all of the bookmarks I've collected there to a 'Favorites' type
folder. But, noooooooooooooooo...
Anyway, after finding the hidden 'Import and Backup', I exported the
bookmarks as an html file.


The above info was collected from a 52.9ESR I have in a Win10 VM.
YMMV etc. No matter where they hid it, there should still be an
Export option in there somewhere.

Don't forget to pack a picnic lunch before heading off
on your Export Adventure. We couldn't just have the file
sitting there, for every tom, dick, or harry to get at,
now could we. Yes, bits of it are in sqlite files, in
backups as jsonlz4 files and so on. Great. The check is in
the mail.

What a PITA, and unintuitive. And then there's the bookmark situation
with Edge, too, which looks similar. I was hoping it used a Favorites
folder.

It all *used* to make sense/be easier for us average Joes. But, we can't
give up, otherwise we're at the mercy of the Geek Squad and the like.


Just as to get a WindowsUpdate.log file, we have to
"execute Get-WindowsUpdateLog" or some similar baloney.
Another check in the mail.

Paul

Boris wrote:

What a PITA, and unintuitive. And then there's the bookmark situation
with Edge, too, which looks similar. I was hoping it used a Favorites
folder.

It all *used* to make sense/be easier for us average Joes. But, we can't
give up, otherwise we're at the mercy of the Geek Squad and the like.

I even found one in my chrome-a-like. No guarantee
it'll be in yours.

chrome://bookmarks/#1

Organize : Export bookmarks to HTML file

Paul

Boris wrote:

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles
\l2trwu70.default

Yes, that folder does indeed contain places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite.
Of course, I can't open to either to see individual URLs or icons.

Sure you can, favicons probably will display as hex blobs, rather than
images

https://sqlitebrowser.org

Andy Burns wrote:
Boris wrote:

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles
\l2trwu70.default

Yes, that folder does indeed contain places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite.
Of course, I can't open to either to see individual URLs or icons.

Sure you can, favicons probably will display as hex blobs, rather than
images

https://sqlitebrowser.org

Using:

sqlite3 favicons.sqlite .dump output.txt

I can get the contents just as easily as with the browser,
and an added benefit is I have .vacuum if I need it.

*******

favicons.sqlite

CREATE TABLE moz_icons ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, icon_url TEXT NOT NULL,
fixed_icon_url_hash INTEGER NOT NULL,
width INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
root INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
color INTEGER, expire_ms INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, data BLOB );

INSERT INTO moz_icons VALUES(45,'http://www.yolinux.com/favicon.ico',2951883476,16,1,NULL,1589959147000,
X'89504e470d0a1a0a0000000d494844520000001000000010 08060000001ff3ff61000002
5349444154388d6d93414814511cc6a7ff864520b2bbb0a825 31052eb583308a7488bdba
504c41873d2ab887ead64184280fa2440cd825b4436a6e4bc1 1eecb062e0eea9a24b4ac4
440aa9440ceccab8a01e4649647e1d6a46a73cfc79efc1fb7f effbbefff71400cff3f03c
0f80d1d15162d138221294a6a5a854caf8778faecad143a954 0a358a08b1681cc3308845
e3944aa5507308607b6b1355558f05d0751d11a1abb30bc771 428c157f53afefd0d29cf8
0fc0af48a40911213f53084bf0d1b6b73669694ed0dbd74f77 77372282aaaa98a6492e97
0b7cc9cf148e6750ab55d1751dd334992b2d1089343139f992 e91753542ae54046369b05
60efd7019ee71d02d8b64d26d3437bb283a74f86e9b97a9ec2 cc1822c2c8c818d96c1611
2193b9f687c1c15e18c0711cda931d3cbc779d77cf15aa1fa2 7c2fb7f138d7c8f4f81057
ba344404c330020921807a7d87ce4b09d65e35b2bb7492fa4a 828d6f496a2b0a6bf30d74
a64efd65d073bc89b55a95cbc98b148713accd37f0e9ed39de bf56f8387182a57c920b6d
a7d1751d5555b12c2bccc007b871f316c5c20453038dcc3e38 c3c2a318b3cf72d8b64d6f
5f3f9a9642d352a4d3e9c0c840427ea680a6a5701c87626182 e9f121e6de14f8f1732398
921fb45834cee2e2e22103cbb288449a28168b789ec7eaea3a 5f97d7d8dddb0f5e021818
180882e5b3500032991ed2e97428e3ff7e1acff3a854caa174 1a868172f7ce6d4484c1c1
fb41ce5dd7c575ddc028dbb6b12c8bd5d5f520507eb41511a1 b5b595cf5f96d9dddb0fcd
d82fd775b16d9b5aad8a699a880889c4594484dfbd2cc04a1c fcbb8a0000000049454e44
ae426082');

places.sqlite

CREATE TABLE moz_origins ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, prefix TEXT NOT NULL,
host TEXT NOT NULL, frecency INTEGER NOT NULL,
UNIQUE (prefix, host) );

INSERT INTO moz_origins VALUES(25,'http://','www.yolinux.com',100);

CREATE TABLE moz_places ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, url LONGVARCHAR,
title LONGVARCHAR, rev_host LONGVARCHAR,
visit_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0, hidden INTEGER DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
typed INTEGER DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
frecency INTEGER DEFAULT -1 NOT NULL,
last_visit_date INTEGER , guid TEXT,
foreign_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
url_hash INTEGER DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL ,
description TEXT, preview_image_url TEXT,
origin_id INTEGER REFERENCES moz_origins(id));

INSERT INTO moz_places VALUES(78,'http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialScanners.html',
'Scanners and Configuration | Linux Tutorial','moc.xuniloy.www.',1,0,0,98,
1589354346383515,'1lYzLrRoNbSh',0,125511342657078,
'Using optical scanners with Linux. This tutorial also covers some of the
pitfalls users may experience.',NULL,25);

Presumably that's enough for a bookmark.

One thing I can't figure out, is how the moz_places uses "25" to reference
the moz_origins, but then there's no "45" in moz_places, to have a
relation to the other database and its favicon "45".

As for the icon format, 8950 4e47 0d0a 1a0a and Google says it's the
magic number for "PNG". ASCII \x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...format-is-this

So I need to make hex to binary of that blob now. I pasted the blob
into HxD and saved it out as binary from there. The result is a 16x16
Penguin icon. For once, I didn't even write a program or script.

Paul

On 5/16/2020 9:58 PM, Big Al wrote:
On 5/16/20 9:10 PM, this is what Boris wrote:
Windows 10, 1909.

I give up.Â* Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

They are not he
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\l2trwu70.default


Or any where else I can see.Â* Or anywhere that searches send me.

about:config is of no help

(In File Explorer, the Favorites folder, located in C:\Users\Username,
contains favorites for Internet Explorer.)

Open aboutrofiles.
This will tell you where your "root" profile folder is.
Click the 'open directory' button.Â*Â*Â* Bookmarks are places.sqlite and a
companion option favicons.sqlite file.Â*Â*Â* The favicons.sqlite file is
simple all those cute icons in the bookmarks.

Oh, and by the way, this is the same place it's been since ... well
almost forever.

Al

In about:Config set browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML to true and then
whenever FF shuts down it will generate a current Bookmarks.html file in
your profile folder. You must shut down FF and restart it for this to
take effect.

On 5/17/2020 9:10 AM, Boris wrote:
Windows 10, 1909.

I give up. Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

They are not he
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\l2trwu70.default

Firefox has switched to using SQLite to store everything. You can still
use about:config parameters to create bookmarks.html, like others said.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.bo...autoExportHTML


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Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 5/17/2020 9:10 AM, Boris wrote:
Windows 10, 1909.

I give up. Where are the bookmarks located for Firefox 76.0.1?

They are not he
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\l2trwu70.default


Firefox has switched to using SQLite to store everything. You can still
use about:config parameters to create bookmarks.html, like others said.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.bo...autoExportHTML

On which release did it switch to sqlite ?

Paul

Paul wrote:
On which release did it switch to sqlite ?

m'zine kb "Places.sqlite is used in Firefox 3 and above," (2008)

Moz dev/s have been enamored of sqlite for a long time.

Also useful ref wp article on early v/s of ffx. "a new "Places" system
for storing bookmarks and history, "

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Mike Easter