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    [Solved]Can I restore my bookmarks straight from the Bookmarks.bak file?

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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      I'm not sure what you mean by bookmark manager exactly

      Click on the heart icon on the navigation bar at the left of the start page or go to menu > bookmarks > show all bookmarks.

      If you open the bookmarks file in a text editor, do you see references to your bookmarks?

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      • relaksantti
        relaksantti last edited by

        Click on the heart icon on the navigation bar at the left of the start page or go to menu > bookmarks > show all bookmarks.

        Nothing there.

        If you open the bookmarks file in a text editor, do you see references to your bookmarks?

        Yes. That's what I meant by "doing it manually one by one", which I'd very much like to avoid as there are so huge amount of bookmarks 🙂

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          Is there an "Imported bookmarks" folder in the tree to the left of the Bookmarks Manager?
          Your bookmarks aren't hidden in there by any chance?
          Why they should be there would be a mystery if the Bookmarks file has been replaced, but worth a check.
          Also look under "My folders".
          🙂

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            Nothing there.

            Not even on the folders at the left?

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            • relaksantti
              relaksantti last edited by

              Is there an "Imported bookmarks" folder in the tree to the left of the Bookmarks Manager?

              Nope.

              Also look under "My folders".

              Nothing there.

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              • relaksantti
                relaksantti last edited by

                Not even on the folders at the left?

                Nothing there. That's the first place I checked.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                  That's strange.

                  If you do a clean standalone installation and replace its bookmarks file with yours, what happens?

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                  • relaksantti
                    relaksantti last edited by

                    That's strange.
                    If you do a clean standalone installation and replace its bookmarks file with yours, what happens?

                    I don't know what difference it would make as I already took the bookmark files on my USB memory stick (from the previous install), formatted my HDD, installed a whole new version of Windows, downloaded Opera from the internet, installed it on my computer and replaced the bookmark files with the old ones.

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                      I don't know what difference it would make

                      I'm trying to check if there is something wrong with Opera's profile or maybe with the bookmarks file.

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                      • relaksantti
                        relaksantti last edited by

                        I'm trying to check if there is something wrong with Opera's profile or maybe with the bookmarks file.

                        I'll try it out tomorrow and report back to you. Unfortunately today is a busy day.

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                        • relaksantti
                          relaksantti last edited by

                          Damn, I feel so stupid now. As I was replacing the bookmark files on the stand-alone version, I realized that I had completely ignored one of the files I took as a backup, which was the BookmarksExtras-file. Copied and replaced Bookmarks file and the BookmarksExtras file and now it works. Thanks for guiding me into the right direction, even though probably this wasn't exactly what you had in mind 🙂

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