Browser Mozilla Firefox, although it lost the palm to Google Chrome, firmly holds the second place in popularity in the world. He is loved for the speed of work and convenient support for a large number of tabs. At the same time, Mozilla's performance is directly dependent on how it stores information - including tabs, passwords, and page visits.
Bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox and how they are stored
Mozilla Firefox as of January 2014 covers about 28% of all Internet users, and in terms of speed it is on the heels of its closest competitor. To ensure the speed of the browser, all data are stored through a database in the form of a profile (set of files) for each user. The default profile is created when you first log into Mozilla, but you can add others through the Profile Manager.
If you are interested in Mozilla Firefox bookmarks, their location depends on the version of your system. For WindowsXP, the path to the bookmarked folder looks like "C: / Documents and Settings / Username / Application Data / Mozilla / Firefox / Profiles / profile_name. Default", for Windows7 and Vista - as "C: / Users / User_name / AppData / Roaming / Mozilla / Firefox / Profiles / profile_name.default ". The very name of the profile is a set of arbitrary numbers and letters.
The set of files located in the profile folder has the sqlite extension - these are elements of the SQlite database that the browser works with. By their names it is easy to determine which elements they contain - the file you need will have the name places.sqlite and contain information not only about bookmarks, but also about visited sites. The signons.sqlite and key3.db files are responsible for your passwords and their encryption, the formhistory.sqlite file stores all the data on auto-filling forms on the sites where you connected this function - search queries, logins, registration data and other similar information.
What to do with bookmarks?
If you want to keep all your previous settings when reinstalling the browser on the same operating system, copy the profile folder before uninstalling the old version. After installing the new version of Mozilla Firefox, paste the profile folder into the same directory where it was. The Profiles folder will most likely already contain a folder with the newly created default profile. If the names are the same, just replace the new folder with the old one, if not, overwrite the name of the newly created folder, delete it and rename the folder with the old profile.
In case you install Mozilla Firefox after Internet Explorer was the default browser, the program will automatically prompt you to import all bookmarks. This will allow you to save all information and not manually transfer it. In this case, information about these bookmarks will also be written to the profile.
If you want to create a backup copy of your browser's bookmarks, use Firefox's automatic bookmarks export tool - an HTML file will be created, allowing you to then import the bookmarks into any other browser and into any version of Firefox.
