Computer help:Transferring Favorites file from one computer to another

[TMM]

Hey all. We recently got a new computer and had the data migrated from the old one to the new, but the Favorites/Bookmarks file in Mozilla Firefox was not migrated. Before i hooked up the old computer, i looked on the new one for the file so as to not waste time. I searched pretty well, but i could not find it. i found C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox easily, but that's it. didn't know where else to go.

Help?

Thanks!

~tmm

[lee n. field]

It won't be there.  It will be some sobdirectory under "c:\documents and settings\\.  Quite possibly a hidden subdirectory (in Explorer, chicl tools, options, then check to view hidden files).

[StopTheGrays]

On my system it is located here:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxx.default
The file is called bookmarks.html

Again, this is on my system. For whatever reason your's may be different.

[Waitone]

Google up "mozbackup."  It is a backup utility for Firefox and Thunderbird.  All settings are saved.

I just installed a new C drive.  I previously backed up F and T settings.  The restore worked perfectly.  No heartburn.

[garrettwc]

The quick and dirty way to get your Mozilla bookmarks from one machine to another:

1. From the menu chose Bookmarks|Manage Bookmarks
2. When Bookmark manager opens choose File|Export and go through the menus that come up. This will create a second file of all your bookmarks wherever you save it (desktop is easiest).
3. Copy the file to a disk or a thumbdrive and insert into the new machine.
4. Open Mozilla/Firefox on the new machine and choose File|Import and work through the install screens that come up. Your bookmarks should now be on the new machine.