
Take the folder you saved of your backup of your Firefox themes, bookmarks, and add-ons, and click on it, you will see loads of files and even folders. Those numbers, and letters will not be the same as the backup you created and that’s really not an issue to be concerned with. Click on the Profiles folder, to the right you will see a series of numbers, and letters followed by a.

Click the + by Application Data, then the + by Mozilla, the + by Firefox. You need to select your username and click the + by that folder. Click the + by the My Computer, then click the + by the Local Disk (C:) Click the + by Documents and Settings. You need to go to the start button again, then go to programs, then accessories, then click on Windows Explorer. You should have Firefox already installed to replace your bookmarks, themes, and add-ons with this method. Once you have saved that folder, replacing it on a new format, or another PC is just as simple.

It’s really that simple, and that quick to backup something so very important. default folder contains everything you will ever need, add-ons, themes, bookmarks and more. That folder in the right hand window is the folder you will want to save. This is the side we are going to be working on for a few minutes.Ĭlick the + by the My Computer, then click the + by the Local Disk (C:) Click the + by Documents and Settings.

The left side of the screen has + and folders. So, go to the start button, then go to programs, then accessories, then click on Windows Explorer.Ī window will pop up that has a left side and a right side. To save, and backup Firefox themes, bookmarks, and add-ons, we will need Windows Explorer. Saving, and backing up Firefox themes, and add-ons isn’t as hard as you may think, in fact it’s rather simple. I don’t like having to download a program like CLEO in order to save backups and replace them. Finding your themes all over again after a format can be a real pain, and rather time consuming. So, I like to save all my settings as much as possible to save time.įirefox is my favorite browser, because you can customize what it looks like as well as ad loads of extra safety measures, like no-script. I like to backup everything on my system every once in a while, and I don’t like having to set everything up all over again when I format.
