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Mozilla Firefox location of bookmarks in XP

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Can anyone say where is the Mozilla Firefox location of bookmarks in XP.

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john
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Search for places.sqlite. It's usually on %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

documents and settings/user/application data/mozilla/firefox/profiles in XP

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Dan
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Thanks Dan
I found
documents and settings/user/application data/mozilla/firefox/profiles/112uybhe.default/bookmarkbackups
which looked likely but it was empty.
Your bookmarks are inside places.sqlite.

If you simply need to export your bookmarks, use Mozbackup
'places.sqlite' is not a text file, it is an SQLite formatted database file.
Thanks
I have a backup of the c: drive as it was in XP and I am trying to bring across bookmarks from XP to Windows 7
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What Dan said ^^^
Ok but where do I find it please. A search did not find it.

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Should be here:
documents and settings/user/application data/mozilla/firefox/profiles/112uybhe.default/places.sqlite

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You will need to make sure you are viewing hidden Files and Folders.
Windows Control Panel->Folder Options->View->Advanced and Check the "Display Hidden Files and Folders"
At the moment the backup software does not seem to allow me to open the files and I am awaiting information from the supplier.
What is the backup software?  What error are you getting when trying to view/open?
AOMEI Backupper is the software and I think the message is that I dont have permissions I have checked the security levels for the administrator and they seem correct.
Copy the Profile folder to your local machine, and then try to take Possession of the folders/files as
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspx
Thanks thats an interesting article.
In advanced Security settings when I apply I get an error

The media is write protected.
Did you copy the profile folder to your local machine?
Thanks

I copied c: as a backup file.
Does that answer you question?
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Thanks mtz1of4 for that excellent explanation.

To familiarize myself with some of the items mentioned I decided to have a look for places.sqlite in my new win7 outlook2007
I looked at C:\users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\oyc5j651,default\OfflineCache\ and found index.sqlite but could not find places.sqlite.

When an AOMEI single file restore is required the following is carried out, (copied from AOMEI Screen)

----------------------------
"Image preview is initializing...
Checking integrity of the image files...
Attach volume 0 as J:.

The partitions in the backup file have been attached to virtual partitions, now you can enter into "My Computer" or open "Windows Explorer" to explore them."
-------------------------------

The idea is that you open the J: partition and all files are there.
The J: partition opens OK but when I get to J:\Documents and Settings\username\ it fails to open  with

You dont currently have permission to access this folder.
There is a continue button with
Click Continue to permanently get access to this folder but it fails as well.

The Advanced Security settings for <username> show Full control but if I try to change anything I get the message "The media is write protected".

As mentioned I have raised a query with AOMEI but not had a reply yet.

The operations at
http://www.backup-utility.com/features/selective-file-restore.html do not work for me after step 5.
Regards
John
At last I have managed to get copy places.sqlite from my back up but now I cannot find places.sqlite on my C: Drive I can see index.sqlite, but not places.sqlite

Any ideas what action I should carry out please?
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Thank you all for so many helpful suggestions.
I eventually found out from the backup software supplier that one way to get to the file would be to restore the drive to another disc and recover from there. This I did and was the able to copy and paste the file. So I have my bookmarks back and more knowledge of how to do these things!
Sorry there are not more points to distribute and
Thanks again
John