Can't Import Opera Bookmarks to Firefox
Bob
open Firefox and then File | Import, Internet Explorer is
the only "choice." I have both Opera 8 and Opera 9 installed
on the same drive as Firefox, but nother related to Opera
appears on the import list.
Any idea why Opera isn't showing up? Is there some other way
to import Opera bookmarks than the way I'm trying?
Thanks.
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Bob
Nir
see this link : http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks#From_Opera
Chris Ilias
Opera shows up here; so I assume it's something in the way Firefox is
trying to detect other installed apps. (registry key?)
In Opera, go to File-->Import and export-->Export bookmarks as HTML.
You should then be able to import that HTML file.
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Bob
> see this link : http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks#From_Opera
That link suggests a pay program, which I don't reject out
of hand, but I'd first like to see if there's a free way of
making this work.
Thanks.
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Bob
Nir
See Chris's Post
Bob
> Opera shows up here; so I assume it's something in the way
> Firefox is trying to detect other installed apps.
> (registry key?) In Opera, go to File-->Import and export-->
> Export bookmarks as HTML. You should then be able to import
> that HTML file.
When I click File | Import, the only choice is import from
Internet Explorer. If I then click next, it goes on to
import from IE; I'm never given the choice to browse for the
html file.
How can I do that?
Thanks.
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Bob
Chris Ilias
> Chris Ilias <n...@ilias.ca> wrote:
>
>> You should then be able to import
>> that HTML file.
>
> When I click File | Import, the only choice is import from
> Internet Explorer. If I then click next, it goes on to
> import from IE; I'm never given the choice to browse for the
> html file.
Bookmarks-->Manage Bookmarks.
Then, in the Bookmarks Manager, File-->Import.
Bob
> Bookmarks-->Manage Bookmarks.
> Then, in the Bookmarks Manager, File-->Import.
I'm wondering whether something is screwy in my
installation.
I just tried the bookmarks manager, and out of over 9000
bookmarks it imported only the 10 or 15 that were in the
trash folder.
I tried it again by first emptying the trash folder in
Opera, exporting to html again, and this time Firefox
imported only the bookmark in the first subfolder of the
first folder. It didn't important the folder or subfolder
itself.
I'm guessing that to get this to work, I have to delete all
(sub)folders from the html, and in such case it's not going
to be imported in any sort of an organized fashion.
Is that common, or is this at least a known problem? In
other words, any way to deal with it?
Thanks.
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Bob
Nir
also see this link :
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks#External_links
I think softwares listed here are freeware
Bob
> also see this link :
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks#External_links
> I think softwares listed here are freeware
Right you are. I'll give one or a couple a try and report
back. (Probably tomorrow).
Thanks much.
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Bob
gwtc
manager in Opera, File, Import/Export and export the bookmarks to an
html file. Then from FF, open the bookmark manager, and click on
File, Import and import the html file.
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Bob
> I just checked and I had no problems whatsoever. From the
> bookmark manager in Opera, File, Import/Export and export
> the bookmarks to an html file. Then from FF, open the
> bookmark manager, and click on File, Import and import the
> html file.
I figured from the responses I've received so far that most
users would find that. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to
work in my install. In my case it importants only the
bookmarks that appear in the first subfolder of the first
folder in the html that I exported from Opera.
What I'm going to try is opening the html in an editor (Word
should be good enough), and delete all the folders and
subfolders, then also delete all bookmarks I don't want to
import. Maybe that way I'll get somewhere.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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Bob
gwtc
created bookmarks file from Opera. Just rename it to bookmarks.html.
When its replaced, try importing the original FF bookmarks.html
file. [Hmmm, I wonder if that made sense?]
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Bob
> the other way is to replace the FF bookmarks.html file with
> the newly created bookmarks file from Opera. Just rename
> it to bookmarks.html. When its replaced, try importing the
> original FF bookmarks.html file. [Hmmm, I wonder if that
> made sense?]
It makes perfect sense, but I got a bizarre result.
I renamed the original bookmarks.html (in
D:\Firefox\defaults\profile) to something else and then
moved in the html from Opera and named it bookmarks.html.
And yet everything remained *exactly* the same: the
Bookmarks menu still shows everthing that was there from the
original bookmarks.html.
It made no difference that I then moved the old file out of
D:\Firefox\defaults\profile altogether. Firegox obviously is
getting its bookmark info from somewhere other than the
bookmarks.html file.
That makes no sense at all, but that's what happened.
Any idea what that's all about?
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Bob
gwtc
the program closed? Right!?
Bob
> When you're renaming and moving the files about, you're
> doing so with the program closed? Right!?
Thinking it over, I can't remember, although I know that's
the way to do it in any browser.
To double check it I did it all over just now -- made sure
both Firefox was closed, new export from Opera, closed
Opera, renamed it bookmarks.html. Deleted the bookmarks.html
that was in Firefox and substituted the renamed file from
Opera. And same result -- the bookmarks menu *still* shows
the bookmarks from the original Firefox file.
Strange. Very Strange.
How can such things be?
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Bob
gwtc
look for this entry:
browser.bookmarks.file
do you have it? If so, then where is it pointing to? If not, then are
you using the correct bookmarks.html file in the correct profile.
Maybe you have more than one profile. Then in the about:config look
for this entry:
browser.cache.disk.parent_directory
this is the location of the cache. It should show the approximate
location of where your profile is. Is that the area you're looking in?
Chris Ilias
> What I'm going to try is opening the html in an editor (Word
> should be good enough), and delete all the folders and
> subfolders, then also delete all bookmarks I don't want to
> import. Maybe that way I'll get somewhere.
The Bookmarks Converter Tool has a 30 day trial period. You should be
able to use it without paying.
http://www.magnusbrading.com/bmc/
Bob
> lets check something. In the address bar type in about:
> config and look for this entry:
> browser.bookmarks.file
> do you have it? If so, then where is it pointing to?
It's not there.
> If not, then are you using the correct bookmarks.html file
> in the correct profile. Maybe you have more than one
> profile. Then in the about:config look for this entry:
> browser.cache.disk.parent_directory
> this is the location of the cache.
> It should show the approximate location of where your
> profile is. Is that the area you're looking in?
It's not there either! There are only three entries
beginning in browser.cache.disk., and they are capacity;
enable; and cache_sll.
Any idea where to go from here?
Thanks.
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Bob
Bob
>_Bob_ spoke thusly on 19/09/2006 12:16 PM:
> The Bookmarks Converter Tool has a 30 day trial period.
> You should be able to use it without paying.
> http://www.magnusbrading.com/bmc/
That sounds like an idea.
I normally don't like to abuse the privilege of free trials
if I'm not truly considering a purchase (I'm the sort who
always makes donations for donation ware), but if push comes
to shove I've try it.
Thanks very much for the suggestion.
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Bob
gwtc
where the cache is located in the first 4 lines.
Bob
> in the address bar type in about:cache?device=disk
> and you should see where the cache is located in
> the first 4 lines.
OK, I'm getting somewhere. It's in C:\Documents and
Settings\< user name>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\ Profiles\xnwooot8.default\Cache
Where do I go from here?
Thanks.
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Bob
gwtc
your bookmarks should be located here: xnwooot8.default. Is that
where you have been looking?
Bob
> your bookmarks should be located here: xnwooot8.default. Is that
> where you have been looking?
There are two things in that folder: the Cache Folder, which
in turns contains a bunch of stuff, though nothing that has
a name similar to bookmarks and a single file named XUL.mfl.
Is that mfl file something that relates to bookmarks?
Thanks.
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Bob
gwtc
have you not been reading? I said the bookmarks file will be located
in xnwooot8.default. In another post I said the name of the file is
bookmarks.html
Chris Ilias
> There are two things in that folder: the Cache Folder, which
> in turns contains a bunch of stuff, though nothing that has
> a name similar to bookmarks and a single file named XUL.mfl.
>
> Is that mfl file something that relates to bookmarks?
Remove \Local Settings\ from the path.
For more on profiles, and their locations, see
<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile>
Bob
> have you not been reading? I said the bookmarks file will
> be located in xnwooot8.default. In another post I said
> the name of the file is bookmarks.html
There's no reason to be testy.
I have been reading, but that's not going to place the
bookmarks.html file there if it isn't there. If it's not
there, but you tell me that "the bookmarks file" *is* there,
then that file obviously has to be called something other
than bookmarks.html. The next logical step therefore is to
ask whether what's there is in fact a bookmark file. And so
that's what I asked.
From your last response, I guess that what's there isn't a
bookmark file after all.
Got it.
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Bob
Bob
> Remove \Local Settings\ from the path.
> For more on profiles, and their locations, see
> <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile>
And there it is.
I took the next step and re-named that bookmarks.html file
to something else, exported Opera bookmarks, renamed them to
bookmarks.html, and moved them into the folder.
The new file clearly is not recognized in place of the
original one, since the few bookmarks that appeared in
Firefox earlier are now gone, and in their place are
bookmarks from the new file (the one exported from Opera).
Unfortunately, I still have the problem that I had when I
tried to import the Opera file from the Bookmarks Manager --
I can see bookmarks only for the set contained in the first
subfolder of the first folder in the Opera bookmarks.
I then tried one other thing. I opened the Opera bookmarks
file (not the one I renamed and moved into Firefox, but a
different copy) and edited it so as to remove all folder and
subfolder names, so that the file become simply a long list
of links. I then renamed that one bookmarks.html and
substituted it for the bookmarks folder that was already in
Firefox. The result was that no bookmarks whatever appear
when I open Firefox.
Should I be getting the message that my installation of FF
is corrupt, or is there something else I can try?
Thanks.
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Bob
Chris Ilias
> I took the next step and re-named that bookmarks.html file
> to something else, exported Opera bookmarks, renamed them to
> bookmarks.html, and moved them into the folder.
>
> The new file clearly is not recognized in place of the
> original one, since the few bookmarks that appeared in
> Firefox earlier are now gone, and in their place are
> bookmarks from the new file (the one exported from Opera).
Firefox bookmark files have the DOCTYPE "<!DOCTYPE
NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>". It's not a regular HTML file.
> Should I be getting the message that my installation of FF
> is corrupt, or is there something else I can try?
Try the Bookmarks Converter Tool.