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• Firefox Dial Add On Windows 10

I am doing a new install of Firefox and over the years my Windows 'roaming folder' I use for backup has gotten all clogged up from so many add-ons and crap.. I want to backup just a couple Firefox add-on's, one is 'Fast dial' How do I backup this add-on and its addresses for when I reinstall Firefox and the add-on, so It will go back to where it is now?

Add Firefox to all your devices for seamless browsing. Easy access to your favorite bookmarks, saved passwords, browsing history and more. Send Tabs easily lets you share open tabs between mobile and desktop. Speed Dial 2 is a new tab page extension for Google Chrome with easy access to your most visited pages, apps, bookmarks and browsing history.

Most add-on's have a backup feature like 'too many tabs' bookmarks and such but fast dial doesn't? so How do I backup this add-on?

and /or addons like it without a backup feature?Thanks in advance any help or options would be a big help.Dana

3 Answers

Make a copy of the prefs.js file from your profile folder. That contains nearly all of the options and settings from Firefox and all your extensions. Use it as a reference when reconfiguring your new profile, if you don't want to import it wholesale.

Some extensions store some of their data externally though. Examples being Adblock Plus's blocklists, Stylish's UserStyles, Scriptish's UserScripts, etc.

The safest thing to do is backup your entire profile. That way if you can't find or remember something, you can dig around in your backup until you find it.

Use FEBE (a Firefox addon) for backup settings, profile, pref.. anything you want.

EDIT: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/febe/

Fast Dial stores everything with the bookmarks folder so if you're doing any sort of bookmark synching you get it replicated to your other machines/browsers. I use Xmarks but there are certainly tons of other options including the native Mozilla one that's part of FF 4.

I use my Fast Dial bookmarks in Chrome, for instance. Not quite the same experience but still convenient.

Option B just occurred to me while writing the above.

In firefox go to Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks. You'll see the Fast Dial folder in the list. Right-click on it and choose 'Export' to save your current 'marks.

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Productivity

iMacros

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Xmarks Sync

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Evernote Web Clipper

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Amazon Assistant

Firefox Dial Add On Windows 10

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Privacy and security

DuckDuckGo

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LastPass

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Adblock Plus

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uBlock Origin

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Ghostery

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Windscribe

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