From: TheNewGWTC@pppmppfmpfmmmmfmmmpfmmpp.pppmppfmp   
      
   Clueless wrote:   
      
   > Not the first time.  I don't know how it happens.   
   > I swore I'd Back Up, but didn't.   
   >   
   > However, I used Norton's Recovery, and got the   
   > Bookmarks back; but in another format,   
   > saved within My Documents.   
   >   
   > Now, how do I get them back into Bookmark   
   > drop-down menu?   
   >   
   > Do I have to input every (*&&^%$$#$ Bookmark   
   > all over again?   
   >   
   > And WHY do I keep losing them?   
   >   
   > And if I HAD backed them up somewhere, how would I get them back into   
   > the Bookmarks drop-down.   
   >   
   > I seem to be seriously deficient in this dept    
   >   
   > Running 8.0 on a Dell Dimension something-or-other   
   > (fairly new), with Windows XP.   
   >   
   > Any help appreciated.   
   >   
   > --   
   >   
   > Clueless   
   Dear Clueless:   
      
   When you close FF and restart it, do you get a message like the   
   profile is in use, do you want to create another one?  If so, then   
   DON'T create another profile.  For some reason, FF didn't close   
   properly and it wont' let you use the current profile.  It wants you   
   to create another one.   
      
   All your settings, bookmarks, etc, are stored in a profile.  When you   
   create another profile, you're starting all over again.   
      
   Instead, cancel that message, and do the three finger salute --   
   ctrl+alt+del and bring up the Task Manager, and end the program that   
   way.  Now you can restart FF.   
      
   In the mean time, click on Start, Run, and enter   
      
   firefox.exe -profilemanager   
      
   This will bring up the profile manager.  Delete any newly made profile   
   and restart FF with your old profile.   
      
   If this doesn't work, then let us know exactly whats wrong.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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