Favicons - Bookmarks thumbnails: is it possible to load them of a file?

gustavogopera

gustavogopera

Hi,

I would like to know if there is the possibility of loading Favicons - Bookmarks thumbnails (the bigger image every Bookmark can have) from a file.
I have a 17.7 MB Favicons file saved from a v. of Opera. a little older and when I imported Bookmarks from an HTML file, it didn't load the Favicons - Bookmarks thumbnails, Not even the small icons. Is it expected behaviour? Hot to load both small icons that were there and also the custom Bookmarks thumbnails?

Thank you.
Gus

gustavogopera

gustavogopera @gustavogopera

I've read in this forum: "The BookmarksExtras file just has IDs with base64-encoded image data representing speed dial thumbnails.".

So I still have the questions about Favicons.
Thanks.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

You can replace the current favicons file in the profile folder with that old copy to see if it helps. If not, you'll just have to visit all you bookmarks by opening them in a tab.

gustavogopera

gustavogopera @burnout426

@burnout426 said in Favicons - Bookmarks thumbnails: is it possible to load them of a file?:

You can replace the current favicons file in the profile folder with that old copy to see if it helps. If not, you'll just have to visit all you bookmarks by opening them in a tab.

Okay, I am giving up on this task. Replacing the desired Favicons or Bookmarks didn't do de trick - I've got both files from a Windows Restore point.
Just to sum up to other people, in case it can be handy:

Bookmarks: contains Bookmarks, including Speed Dial.

BookmarksExtras: it just has IDs with base64-encoded image data representing speed dial thumbnails. It doesn't
contain any bookmarks.

Favicons: contains Bookmarks icons, including Speed Dial ones.

Current Session: contains all the current open tabs.

Last Session: contains all open tabs from a few days ago?

Bookmarks.bak: contains a backup from Bookmarks from a few days ago?

I have the good habit of exporting bookmarks to a local drive every month or so. Since I want to keep Bookmarks icons and also the thumbnails, if possible, I should manually copy both BookmarksExtras and Favicons to the same drive, right? If buying a new notebook in the future, I could possibly restore them. Am I assuming correctly?

Thank you.

P.S.: I see other people having to deal with lost bookmarks and/or open tabs, it could be easier to keep them safe and accessing them again.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @gustavogopera

@gustavogopera said in Favicons - Bookmarks thumbnails: is it possible to load them of a file?:

Since I want to keep Bookmarks icons and also the thumbnails, if possible, I should manually copy both BookmarksExtras and Favicons to the same drive, right?

You can do a test to find out for sure.

Make a test standalone installation. In it, browse to some sites and bookmark them. Bookmark some to "other bookmarks" and some to the "Speed dial" folder using the heart icon in the address field so you can customize the thumbnails. Then, close that Opera.

Then, make another test installation, and while it's closed, replace its Bookmarks, BookmarksExtras, and Favicons files with copies of the ones from the first standalone installation. If all works good and you get all your bookmarks , bookmarks icon, and thumbnails back, then you'll know those are the files that you need to back up when you want. Now, if you don't get your bookmark favicon icons back, you might have to also replace the cache folder with a copy from the first installation. If that makes things works, you'll now that in addition to the other files, you'll need to backup your cache folder too.