Firefox : Bookmarks Disappeared

[Hikermann]

• OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional (x64) Version 22H2 (build 19045.6466)
• Firefox 149.0 (64-bit)
• Thunderbird 140.8.1esr (64-bit)
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I guess now a Firefox “update” includes making bookmarks to disappear from the toolbar . . . go figure.

Have mucked around in their “go to aboutrofiles” routine and have found my bookmark library still exists; however . . .

1. The BOOKMARKS drop-down MANAGE BOOKMARKS shows all is in order, so apparently I don’t need to “import” anything from anywhere;
2. The bookmarks do not appear in the BOOKMARKS TOOLBAR;
3. VIEW drop-down ➜ TOOLBARS ➜ BOOKMARKS TOOLBAR ➜ ALWAYS SHOW is all as it should be;
4. BUT: No bookmarks appear in the TOOLBAR where they’ve resided comfortably for years . . .

SO: how does one magically make them reappear in the TOOLBAR where they belong?

Many thanks. Appreciated.

 

[Endymio]

This has happened to me a couple times in Firefox. If you look in your Firefox profiles folder, you'll likely see it's created a new subdirectory there. Find your original "places.sqlite" file in an older subdirectory and copy it over the new one. (it should be much larger than the target.) You might want to backup the folder beforehand, just in case.

 

[Hikermann]

Thanks for the response. The various frustrations over the years with FF have now been tipped over the edge -- uninstalled and moved on.