<![CDATA[Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back]]>I had to reset my computer. Is there any way to get back all of my Opera bookmarks without have to install them one by one all over again? Thank you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/48011/computer-re-set-getting-bookmarks-backRSS for NodeSat, 09 May 2026 14:41:01 GMTTue, 23 Mar 2021 10:55:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Wed, 24 Mar 2021 17:19:33 GMT]]>@ljfried Sync: Menu > Synchronize

Backup I understand that you already do. At least I suppose that Carbonite is a backup tool.

Regarding the bookmarks export, jus to to the page (opera://bookmarks) and use the tool in the bottom left.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246576https://forums.opera.com/post/246576Wed, 24 Mar 2021 17:19:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:40:28 GMT]]>@leocg thank you again leocg but -- again -- this is over my head. don't know what you mean by "use sync and backup the profile directory. Yes, I see my bookmarks on the manager page - how do I export them to my new laptop? Sorry to be so ignorant. Thank you for your help

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246562https://forums.opera.com/post/246562Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:40:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:13:30 GMT]]>@ljfried Use sync and backup the profile directory. For bookmarks you can go to the bookmarks manager page (opera://bookmarks) and export them.
If you have any saved passwords, you will have to use sync or export them.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246556https://forums.opera.com/post/246556Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:13:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:06:41 GMT]]>@leocg then maybe I'm not as dumb as I thought!!

Is there any way that I could "copy" whatever I have on my old laptop to the new one?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246549https://forums.opera.com/post/246549Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:06:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:58:31 GMT]]>@ljfried Speed Dial is part of bookmarks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246542https://forums.opera.com/post/246542Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:58:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:27:03 GMT]]>@leocg Everyone here has been very kind and generous with your time. This old Luddite appreciates it! Maybe I'm using the wrong word. Maybe I should be saying Speed Dial instead of book mark? I have dozens of website on, I guess, Speed Dial.

No matter for right now.....it's turns out I'm having to send my 9 month old laptop back to HP because the screen problem hasn't gone away. I'll be using my 8 year old Lenovo temporarily.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246538https://forums.opera.com/post/246538Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:27:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:15:25 GMT]]>@ljfried said in Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back:

... You are very kind. I did what you said - there are no bookmarks, no speed dial. I don't know what Profile folder is. Very sorry.

Don't let the terminology bewilder you. Computers organize their stored data or software/programs along the lines of a physical filing cabinet. There are stored 'files', each of which is specific to some kind of data or program instructions (much like different business letters that are saved in a filing cabinet). Then there are 'folders' (also called 'directories') that group various files together for logical ease of retrieval (much like filing cabinet folders within drawers that are labeled by some topic name). A computer folder can contain either files and/or other sub-folders with their own files, etc.

The net result of such an organization is to create a logical path or "tree" for the computer and its software to be able to locate and access a specific file upon demand, as well as to make it easier for humans to track their way intelligently through the very massive data storage structure (as your 319,000 Carbonite files demonstrates).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246487https://forums.opera.com/post/246487Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:15:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:51:39 GMT]]>@ljfried Then you will need to find out the old Bookmarks file from old Opera profile directory, so you can replace the current one with the old one.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246480https://forums.opera.com/post/246480Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:51:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:26:03 GMT]]>@leocg

there is nothing in them except the 2 speed dials I added this morning - nothing of all the old speed dials which I had before re=setting computer

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246479https://forums.opera.com/post/246479Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:26:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:24:38 GMT]]>@leocg

I told you I was a jerk. It says: Book Marks Bar; Speed Dial; Trash.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246478https://forums.opera.com/post/246478Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:24:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:12:45 GMT]]>@ljfried Folder is just a word, of course there won't be anything named folder.
However there will be "folders", like Speed Dials, Other Speed Dials, Bookmarks bar, etc.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246475https://forums.opera.com/post/246475Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:12:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:20:45 GMT]]>@leocg thank you - I don't see anything marked "Folders."

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246473https://forums.opera.com/post/246473Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:20:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:54:59 GMT]]>@ljfried Did you also look at the "folders" in the left, in the bookmarks page?

The profile directory is where Opera stores your data. You can check the path to it in opera://about.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246462https://forums.opera.com/post/246462Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:54:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:01:43 GMT]]>@leocg You are very kind. I did what you said - there are no bookmarks, no speed dial. I don't know what Profile folder is. Very sorry.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246458https://forums.opera.com/post/246458Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:01:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:07:31 GMT]]>@ljfried You missed the second Bookmarks. The path is Menu > Bookmarks > Bookmarks. You also can get there by typing opera://bookmarks in the address bar.

It will lead you to the bookmarks manager page and will show you all the bookmarks in the current Opera installation.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246448https://forums.opera.com/post/246448Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:07:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:08:11 GMT]]>@ljfried What do you see for the path to the Profile folder? If you open Windows file explorer, can you navigate to that folder and see if there is a Bookmarks file present, and if so, what is its listed size? (edited to add:) Also, post here the full path terminology to the profile folder.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246447https://forums.opera.com/post/246447Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:08:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:42:29 GMT]]>@blackbird71 Sorry, I'm a total jerk. I'm not seeing anything under bookmarks or speed dial

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246446https://forums.opera.com/post/246446Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:42:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:19:26 GMT]]>@ljfried IOW is a common abbreviation for 'in other words'.

If you click on Bookmarks, it will show you what bookmarks are in the bookmarks file Opera is currently looking at. If you go to O(Menu) > Help > About Opera, it will give you the path to the Profile folder where Opera is currently looking for the bookmarks file. That is to where you would need to restore the Carbonite bookmarks file (be sure Opera is turned off while doing that restoration or it may lock the file, preventing restoration).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246444https://forums.opera.com/post/246444Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:19:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:07:14 GMT]]>@leocg Got it. Under Bookmarks, there are these choices: bookmarks; show bookmarks bar; add to bookmarks; trash; import bookmarks and setting; export bookmarks. Which do I choose? Thank you

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246443https://forums.opera.com/post/246443Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:07:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:03:11 GMT]]>@ljfried You probably need to replace the Bookmarks file in current Opera profile directory with the one in the backup.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246442https://forums.opera.com/post/246442Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:03:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:57:46 GMT]]>@ljfried Click in the Opera logo at the top left or press the ALT key.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246441https://forums.opera.com/post/246441Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:57:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:43:04 GMT]]>@blackbird71 Thank you. I installed Opera this morning manually after Carbonite was finished. I had an HP tech guy "chatting" with me to help two days ago. I think I re-installed Windows "locally" - definitely not with disks. Don't know what IOW means. I think I backed up everything on Carbonite - there were 319,000 files and it took about 35 hours.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246439https://forums.opera.com/post/246439Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:43:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:37:22 GMT]]>@ljfried If you "re-installed all the Carbonite files but do not see Opera", how did you get the Opera installation that you currently have? IOW, there's some unclarity in your description of what you had backed up onto Carbonite and exactly what was involved in "resetting" your computer, as well as at what folder level you copied back the Opera files. Did the "resetting" of your computer involve a full image-restoration from Carbonite that included restoration of Windows itself, or did you first reinstall Windows from disks (or other media) and then pull down the Carbonite files?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246438https://forums.opera.com/post/246438Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:37:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back on Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:35:50 GMT]]>@ljfried you need to talk to me like I'm 3 years old!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/246437https://forums.opera.com/post/246437Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:35:50 GMT