# All My Bookmarks Are Gooooooooonnnneee!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 1, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704 "2005-02-01T01:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/41 "2005-02-01T22:31:56Z")
This is a longshot but have you tried your recycle bin? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/42 "2005-02-01T22:49:44Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > This is a longshot but have you tried your recycle bin? no good… ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/43 "2005-02-01T23:35:13Z")
I’m tellin’ you–strips of colored paper! 😃 In all fairness, when I read the thread title, I honestly thought of that type of “bookmark” first ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/44 "2005-02-01T23:43:13Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > I’m tellin’ you–strips of colored paper! 😃 > > In all fairness, when I read the thread title, I honestly thought of that type of “bookmark” first Wipe yer arse with your little strips of colored paper!! \ **ArchiveGuy** probably still uses Sears Catalogs \ ---
**Author:** ![look\_hergo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@look\_hergo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_hergo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/45 "2005-02-02T00:26:53Z")
In defense of ArchiveGuy, I’ll confess that I thought you were talking about actual paper bookmarks, too, at first. I figured you had a collection. I mean, I’d be upset, too, if I had a fabulous collection of bookmarks with pictures of vintage aircraft, comic strips, and sci-fi art on them and suddenly they turned up missing… probably been collecting them since you were a kid… in a shoebox under the bed… ☹ I didn’t know what to make of the “porn” bookmark, though. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/46 "2005-02-02T00:41:14Z")
Bummer … you can have a copy of my bookmarks if it’ll help … ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/47 "2005-02-02T00:45:01Z")
I feel your pain. I had something similar happen when my hard drive bit it. It was months before I remembered the last of my comics titles. You can’t Google if you don’t remember the name of the site. And forget about the other bookmarks. Sadly, though, I didn’t open this thread to commisserate or to give advice. I opened it to count how many posts down I’d find > [@](#): > > All your bookmarks are belong to us. . . . and it was the second post. Second! I’m sure that says something, but I’m damned if I know what. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/48 "2005-02-02T00:47:01Z")
One more straw to grasp … if the file name got corrupted, so the search didn’t find it, try looking in C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape\defaults\profile\ for any file that will pass as html ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/49 "2005-02-02T00:56:55Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > no good… One more long shot: Check for that bookmarks.html file in: C:\Documents & Settings\Bosda\Application Data[Mozilla or Netscape][possibly a folder called ‘profiles’]\default[randomstring.slt]\ …if you’re on 2K or XP. I don’t have Windows here at home, otherwise I’d tell you for sure. You may have to enable viewing system & hidden files from your [bosda] folder to see the Application Data folder. Otherwise, it might not show up when you just do a file search for the html file. Let me know if that doesn’t make any sense. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/50 "2005-02-02T00:58:37Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > One more straw to grasp … if the file name got corrupted, so the search didn’t find it, try looking in C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape\defaults\profile\ for any file that will pass as html …and that would be for 98/Me. Shoulda previewed while I was wracking my brain… ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/51 "2005-02-02T03:10:48Z")
There’s a certain bug in Firefox that involves your bookmarks.html file basically being erased. It’s still there, there’s just…nothing in it. (Happened to me _twice_, would you believe it?) No amount of telling the poor guy “Search for this-and-that” will bring the content of that file back. Anyway, **Bosda** should be moving onto the Bargaining stage soon. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704/52 "2005-02-02T03:12:02Z")
Oh shit, you use Netscape. :facepalm: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-bookmarks-are-gooooooooonnnneee/287704.md?page=2)