# Help! Where does Netscape store its bookmarks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 30, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-does-netscape-store-its-bookmarks/216091 "2003-11-30T18:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-does-netscape-store-its-bookmarks/216091/1 "2003-11-30T18:56:50Z")
I upgraded to XP on a new hard drive, so before doing that I burned my entire old hard drive to CDs. I was using Netscape 7 under Win98SE because IE 6 starting acting up (e.g. not remembering cookies) at one point; now I’m back to IE 6 under XP, which works fine. Anyway, I keep searching for my Netscape bookmarks on the five CDs to which I backed up the old hard drive, and I can’t find anything. They’re not in the Netscape folder, or at least they didn’t seem to be (it was very late, after a 6+ hour upgrade process). They’ve gotta be somewhere. Help! Must I use IE’s import bookmarks feature? I don’t even know where they are to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-does-netscape-store-its-bookmarks/216091/2 "2003-11-30T18:59:27Z")
How about c:\Progrma Files\Netscape\Users(your name)\bookmarks.html ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-does-netscape-store-its-bookmarks/216091/3 "2003-11-30T19:00:34Z")
How about c:\Program Files\Netscape\Users(your name)\bookmarks.html ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-does-netscape-store-its-bookmarks/216091/4 "2003-11-30T21:28:37Z")
Nope, that’s not where they were, but thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Headcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@Headcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headcoat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-does-netscape-store-its-bookmarks/216091/5 "2003-11-30T21:56:48Z")
Do a search for bookmarks.html and it’ll pop up. In Windows XP, its under Documents and Settings\>(your name)\>application data\>netscape Also, you don’t need to use Netscape! Switch to Mozilla, which is the sexy core of Netscape without the redundant crap. Or Firebird, which is even leaner and faster. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-does-netscape-store-its-bookmarks/216091/6 "2003-11-30T23:52:22Z")
Ah. These locations are all for NT-type 'doze. In Win98, my Mozilla bookmarks are in c:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\Default User\2yba4urk.slt\bookmarks.html (I mean, duh.) I imagine NS leaves them in a similar place. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-does-netscape-store-its-bookmarks/216091/7 "2003-12-01T01:47:26Z")
Very similar. My Netscape bookmarks (under win98) are in C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\gwqtt60n.slt\bookmarks.html ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-does-netscape-store-its-bookmarks/216091/8 "2003-12-02T11:51:06Z")
Somehow, everything we bookmarked in Netscape ended up in a Favorites (read: IE) folder. Strange.