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    How do I restore old opera bookmarks?

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    • Hantuuu
      Hantuuu @burnout426 last edited by Hantuuu

      @burnout426 !
      Thank you. I then browse to the folder you provide, but I can't find neither bookmark folder, nor bookmark files.

      image_2023-10-24_113911604.png image_2023-10-24_113933537.png

      *there's 2 screenshoots. I wonder why the other one did not appear, but you can click the screenshoot name above.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer @Hantuuu last edited by

        @hantuuu Look in the "Default" and "Default.old" folders too.

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        • Hantuuu
          Hantuuu @burnout426 last edited by

          @burnout426 said in How do I restore old opera bookmarks?:

          You can look in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable" for a "Bookmarks" file and a "Bookmarks.bak" file.

          You can open them in a text editor to see if it looks like your bookmarks are there. If so, copy those files to your desktop as a backup. Then, just temporarily install Opera and they should show up in Opera at the URL opera://bookmarks. You can then use the drop-down at the bottom left of that page to export your bookmarks to an HTML file that can be imported into the browser of your choice.

          Thank you, I found them in "default.old"

          now, how do I export them to html? I'm not sure.

          from what you wrote, I only get that I will only have to reinstall opera, but I can't remember if it really ask me anything about file in desktop

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer @Hantuuu last edited by

            @hantuuu Try this way:

            • Make a test standalone installation of Opera to a folder named "Opera Test" on your desktop.

            • Close that Opera.

            • In the profile/data/default folder in the "Opera Test" folder, replace its "Bookmarks" and "BookmarksExtras" files with copies of the copies you found in Default.old.

            • In the "Opera Test" folder, double-left-click on launcher.exe to start that Opera.

            • Goto the URLopera://bookmarks and confirm that your bookmarks are in there somewhere.

            • Click the drop-down at the bottom left of the bookmarks page and choose to export your bookmarks to bookmarks.html.

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            • Hantuuu
              Hantuuu @burnout426 last edited by

              @burnout426 said in How do I restore old opera bookmarks?:

              @hantuuu Try this way:

              • Make a test standalone installation of Opera to a folder named "Opera Test" on your desktop.

              • Close that Opera.

              • In the profile/data/default folder in the "Opera Test" folder, replace its "Bookmarks" and "BookmarksExtras" files with copies of the copies you found in Default.old.

              • In the "Opera Test" folder, double-left-click on launcher.exe to start that Opera.

              • Goto the URLopera://bookmarks and confirm that your bookmarks are in there somewhere.

              • Click the drop-down at the bottom left of the bookmarks page and choose to export your bookmarks to bookmarks.html.

              thanks. but I can't open your link, it's blocked here. and when I'm using vpn, it just loading non stop 😞

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer @Hantuuu last edited by

                @hantuuu In short, that Reddit link just says to download the USB/Portable version of Opera and install it to a folder on your desktop.

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                • Hantuuu
                  Hantuuu @burnout426 last edited by

                  @burnout426 said in How do I restore old opera bookmarks?:

                  @hantuuu In short, that Reddit link just says to download the USB/Portable version of Opera and install it to a folder on your desktop.

                  Thank you but it did not create bookmarks folder after installation

                  ![alt text](image_2023-10-30_132835188.png image url)

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                  • burnout426
                    burnout426 Volunteer @Hantuuu last edited by

                    @hantuuu Go in the "profile" folder, then the "data" folder, then the "Default" folder. Then you should see the "Bookmarks" and "BookmarksExtras" files.

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                    • Hantuuu
                      Hantuuu @burnout426 last edited by

                      @burnout426 said in How do I restore old opera bookmarks?:

                      @hantuuu Go in the "profile" folder, then the "data" folder, then the "Default" folder. Then you should see the "Bookmarks" and "BookmarksExtras" files.

                      thankyou. I got them, now what to do? copy those bookmark to my original opera installation folder? Because if I'm using the standalone, I can't import the bookmark to my other browser

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer @Hantuuu last edited by

                        @hantuuu said in How do I restore old opera bookmarks?:

                        now what to do? copy those bookmark to my original opera installation folder?

                        Yes. That's one way. The other way would be to goto the URL opera://bookmarks in the standalone installation, click the drop-down at the bottom left and export the bookmarks to an HTML file. Then in your normal Opera, goto the URL opera://settings/importData, choose "Bookmarks HTML file" in the drop-down and import the HTML file. Then, goto the URL opera://bookmarks and move them where you want.

                        That 2nd method would be better if you have existing bookmarks in your regular Opera that you want to keep.

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                        • issy-moods4ever
                          issy-moods4ever last edited by

                          Hi, I'm kinda having the same issue with this, but when I tried to enter the url, it shows that my file was either deleted or moved, but I haven't manually deleted anything. Is there a way to fix it?

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                          • burnout426
                            burnout426 Volunteer @issy-moods4ever last edited by

                            @issy-moods4ever In "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming", do you have an "Opera Software" folder? If so, is there an "Opera Stable" folder in it? If so, in the "Opera Stable" folder, do you see a "Bookmarks" file and or a "Bookmarks.bak" file?

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