Issue with Mozilla Firefox

**Martok** · 03-18-2008, 21:43

Another problem. I reinstalled Mozilla, but it didn't automatically import my Favorites from Internet Explorer. Is there a way to do so manually?

**Pannonian** · 03-18-2008, 22:13

Originally Posted by Martok

Another problem. I reinstalled Mozilla, but it didn't automatically import my Favorites from Internet Explorer. Is there a way to do so manually?

Bookmarks
Organise Bookmarks
File > Import
Microsoft Internet Explorer

Edit: It's a good idea to manually export your bookmarks to a file regularly, so you'll have something to go back to.

**Martok** · 03-18-2008, 22:52

Many thanks, Pannonian.

Originally Posted by Pannonian

Edit: It's a good idea to manually export your bookmarks to a file regularly, so you'll have something to go back to.

Done.

**Mouzafphaerre** · 03-18-2008, 23:03

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You would also want to backup your saved passwords and form data. They're stored in two files bearing the random profile string as name; .w and .s as extensions in the aforementioned folder. (Don't worry, they're encrypted.)
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**caravel** · 03-19-2008, 00:25

Unless you set a master password then all your passwords in Firefox can be viewed by anyone that has access to your pc and are not encrypted. This is why I strongly advise that the password saving feature be disabled altogether in Firefox.

To do this go to tools, options (Linux: edit, preferences), click the security icon, uncheck "remember passwords for sites", click the "show passwords" button, click "remove all" and close. Note near the "remove all" button there is another "show passwords" button. Before you clear your passwords have a click on this to see just how dangerous saving passwords in Firefox is.

In the past I've discovered people's ebay passwords, among others. For the most part they had no idea that their passwords were being stored in this fashion. It's not a smart system as it's not obvious that it works like this and one of Firefox's few bad points.

**Mouzafphaerre** · 03-19-2008, 04:01

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That's a valid point. It's best not to store valuable data on computers that are open to common access, albeit limited.

I have no such problems at home.
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**Martok** · 03-19-2008, 04:54

Well now I have two new problems.

Actually, the first problem never went away: My computer is still restarting without my telling it to, even though I unchecked the "Automatically restart" option on My Computer.

In addition, this time Mozilla failed to restore the internet sessions I'd had up when my PC restarted.