On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 04:58, Merlin Zener wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 19:34, SnapafunFrank wrote: > > [...snip] > > >I don't use Mozilla for mail [I use Evolution] so I'm not worried about > > >that. But how do I get all my bookmarks and passwords and history back? > > > > > [...snip again] > > Sorry. I'm late to this thread so forgive me if this has already been > > covered. > > > > Do you still have your /home/<username>/.mozilla directory? > > > > If so then: > > > > $ cd /home/<your_user_name> > > $ ls -al | grep mozilla > > > > Mine is : > > > > drwxrwxrwx 4 frank frank 4096 Aug 17 19:58 .mozilla/ > > > > If you still have this from before any recent re-install of mozilla then: > > > > $ mv .mozilla XXX.mozilla > > > > This will save all your stuff ready to feed back once you have > > re-installed mozilla. > > > > well I did all that [copied and pasted it in exactly] but it made no > change. How, exactly do I "feed back" my old bookmarks, passwords and > history? > > btw while looking around for some clue I did find my old bookmarks in a > plain html file in /home/merlin/.old_mozilla - and clicking on those > links opens up those pages in Konqueror! So at least I can browse most > places, except for any that require logging in. All my passwords are > still somewhere in the old Mozilla settings - how do I get them back? >
I never saw an answer to this question; I thought it may have been overlooked as the thread moved more to installing Firefox, [and then went even further to suggest upgrading the whole system!!!] so I thought I'd repost it with a more descriptive subject. I hope this is ok:) I'm looking at upgrading to 10.0 on Sunday, but still this question applies - either now or after then - I still want to get them back... To revisit the original thread: My problem was that Mozilla suddenly started crashing on opening some pages that I'd been going to for ages with no problems. I had emailed a couple of them and they had made no changes on their end. Besides, those pages open ok in Konqueror. I tried this suggestion: > > rename the entire /.mozilla directory to i.e. /.old_mozilla. Then log > out and back in, restart Mozilla. > So now I've lost all my bookmarks, passwords and various other settings like home page etc, and I don't know how to get them back. Oh and btw it didn't fix the crashing either :( help??? :) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. "...if my calculations are correct..."
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