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    Power went out, Opera no longer loads my bookmarks or Speed Dial folders

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    • azonicrider
      azonicrider last edited by

      So my power randomly went out. After it was back on, I turned on my computer to find out that Opera won't load my bookmarks or Speed Dial folders. But for some reason, it still loads my active tabs.

      Please tell me how I can retrieve my old bookmarks and Speed Dial folders. They were both years old.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        What version of Opera and OS? Do you have a backup?

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        • azonicrider
          azonicrider last edited by

          37.0.2178.43 and Windows 7. I copied the bookmarks.bak file before it was rewritten. It is 16 MBs, so it likely has all my stuff in it.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            I copied the bookmarks.bak file before it was rewritten

            And have you tried to rename it to 'bookmarks' to see what happens?

            BTW, was Sync enabled?

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            • azonicrider
              azonicrider last edited by

              Yea I did, Opera just wipes out the file. I don't know what Sync is, so it probably wasn't enabled.

              But that "bookmarks.bak" is definitely the right file, it was created the day I started using Opera.

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              • azonicrider
                azonicrider last edited by

                So theres no way to fix this?

                Because this is a major blow to me. I using those bookmarks to keep my train of thought.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                  So theres no way to fix this?

                  If you don't have a backup then I'm afraid there's nothing to be done.

                  Opera just wipes out the file

                  What do you mean?

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