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Is there a way to save my bookmarks on a stick in case my computer
breaks down?
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Martin Edwards wrote:

> Is there a way to save my bookmarks on a stick in case my computer
> breaks down?

Yes, or synchronising copies of them to a server somewhere, but it'd
help it you mention which browser you use?

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:08:42 +0100, Martin Edwards wrote:

> Is there a way to save my bookmarks on a stick in case my computer
> breaks down?

save a copy of the browser .exe on the drive.

On 14 Jun 2012, richard <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> save a copy of the browser .exe on the drive.

That's a joke, right? It makes absolutely no sense, and it doesn't
address the question.

Please tell me you think you're being funny.

Martin Edwards wrote:
> Is there a way to save my bookmarks on a stick in case my computer
> breaks down?

The answer is yes, the method depends on which browser you use.

For Firefox, use the Mozbackup utility, and save the file on the USB
stick, rather then the default, which is "My Documents" or whatever M$
are calling it this week. Mozbackup can also back up your Thunderbird
settings and e-mail.

Or, get a bigger stick, and use it to back up all your documents as well.

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Martin Edwards wrote:
> Is there a way to save my bookmarks on a stick in case my computer
> breaks down?

Some browsers have an "Export" function for the bookmarks. The
Export is supposed to put the bookmarks in HTML format, on the
theory you can open the file with a text editor and copy/paste
them to some other browser URL bar.

If you save that .htm file from the Export operation on a stick,
then it's ready for that "computer breakdown".

At one time, the bookmarks themselves were saved natively in an
HTML format. But the developers said "this is too simple - how
can we make this so only rocket scientists understand it?" and
so they changed it. The native format might be .json, but I haven't
a clue what that means. Except it's not very convenient, whereas
the output of Export is convenient. I don't do it very often, but
I have Export'ed the bookmarks a few times, for safe keeping.

Many things in Firefox are stored in databases. We're not sure why,
except when the databases get pretty big, it *really* slows down
the startup of the browser. And those same developers, we couldn't
convince them to fix that. Naw. Think Rocket Science.

Paul

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:22:09 -0400, richard wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:08:42 +0100, Martin Edwards wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to save my bookmarks on a stick in case my computer
> > breaks down?
>
> save a copy of the browser .exe on the drive.

And without the DLLs, registry entries, and profile, what good will
that do?

Sheesh!

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Paul <> wrote:

>Martin Edwards wrote:
>> Is there a way to save my bookmarks on a stick in case my computer
>> breaks down?
>
>Some browsers have an "Export" function for the bookmarks. The
>Export is supposed to put the bookmarks in HTML format, on the
>theory you can open the file with a text editor and copy/paste
>them to some other browser URL bar.

Not necessarily. It puts them in a format that the browser can import.
IE: File|Import and Export

Firefox: Bookmarks | Show all bookmarks. Click "Import and Backup" at
the top of the resulting window.

I'm sure Opera, Chrome, Safari, etc, have equivalent functions, but I
don't know where.

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Tim Slattery

On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:38:04 -0400, Stan Brown
<> wrote:

>And without the DLLs, registry entries, and profile, what good will
>that do?
>
>Sheesh!

And regardless, that won't do squat for what the OP is trying to
accomplish.
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:22:09 -0400, richard <>
wrote:

>On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:08:42 +0100, Martin Edwards wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to save my bookmarks on a stick in case my computer
>> breaks down?
>
>save a copy of the browser .exe on the drive.

bullis, you need to stick to asking for advice, not giving it. Your
computer 'advice' is 100% wrong, 100% of the time.
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