need help with Firefox

So here is the jew: i got a very old firefox version (ver. 1.0.7) and it's been working fine for a long time but lately lotsa sites starts blocking the old version. I also got FF portable 3 b5 but now i wanna install the new version since the old one became obsolete.

My Q is how do i save all my bookmarks and passwords before deinstallin the old browser? HURRY, the shower ain't working

Google browser sync. Also, when you've migrated, move your bookmarks to del.icio.us. It lets you tag them, which makes it a lot easier to quickly find what you're looking for. The bookmarks get stored on their server (privately if you want), but get the plugin for firefox and you're set.

what about my passwords?

Install Opera, let it import all that stuff and then uninstall the old FF version. Then install the new one and import the bookmarks from Opera. Or copy and paste if that fails (or stick with Opera ) .
About your passwords: preferably don't save them, since this is pretty insecure (especially when working with an old browser).

Here's my list of plugins I use, they might be of help to you. Find them yourself in German btw.


Chatzilla, used for IRC.
Ad block, best program ever to block all ads.
British english dictionary.
Download status bar, for no real reason other then I tryed it.
Foxmarks, bookmarks synchronizer software.
No script, blocks all java thingys found on the web including multiple ads. Not recommende for lazy people.
PDF download, for opening pdf files on a external server to not get any virusses (hopefully)

i got all my bookmarks but what about my PWs? i want to live on the edge with the fear that some dubenheimer might get my PWs at any moment...so how do i save them?

Start>Search, also select advanced options and select system maps and hidden files too. Search for this map or a similar one: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles and copy the profile to your desktop or wherever you want.

Upgrade to FF version whatever which would allow you to keep your bookmarks and passwords anyway if memory serves me well (I upgraded to 2.0 a year or more ago) and if it fails then find the same map in FF 2.0 and put the files back. Before doing that you should of course make a copy of the 2.0 files to somewhere just to be sure.

If this is too complicated for you, then you should have realised that you should have upgraded ages ago. Why you bothered to keep an outdated version of FF is beyond me anyway.

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just posting to get rid of this message, also kamisorix copy your profile folder and just use it for the new install.

Originally Posted by KamisoriX

what about my passwords?

Google browser sync stores that.

Originally Posted by interman

Google browser sync stores that.

Google starts ruling the world, as it seems.