Where are bookmarks stored.

oobydooby

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oobydooby

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Oops not used to this style of forum, so not sure how to edit post.
My desktop hard drive failed and windows would not load, so I installed the drive into another computer to try and retrieve all my documents and files, which I am in the process of so doing.

Unfortunately I cannot figure out how to get all my bookmarks. At a guess I expect them to be in the users folder somewhere but I have no idea how to recover them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

mib2berlin

Hi, Path is published in File > Help > About and called "bookmarks"

Cheers, mib

luetage

Go to vivaldi://about/ and check your profile path. This is were your bookmarks are stored. If you have 1.14, you should have sync, this is another option. And bookmarks should be regularly exported to html, just to be safe.

Ayespy

@oobydooby If you have slaved the drive to another machine, find the Vivaldi folder, and in it will be an Application folder and a User Data folder. In the User Data folder is a folder called Default. In the Default folder are several files (not folders, but individual files) with no extensions, named things like Bookmarks, Cookies, History, Favicons, etc. Most of these can be moved over to replace their counterparts in your new Vivaldi installation, to recover your data. Login Data and Extensions will be empty you transfer them. Don't even bother to try. Lots of other stuff can be recovered, though.

oobydooby

Thanks all for your help, particularly Ayespy. I have transferred my bookmarks and they all work.

Job done, again thanks.

matonanjin

@oobydooby said in Where are bookmarks stored.:

Thanks all for your help, particularly Ayespy. I have transferred my bookmarks and they all work.

Job done, again thanks.

Same here. I know this thread is really stale. But I am getting a new computer this afternoon. This information will be helpful.

Thanks to the OP and all who responded.

matonanjin

Everybody, sorry. I was very premature in my thanks. I can't find these places you have suggested. Are the Vivaldi bookmarks in the "Documents" folder under the "Windows/Users/etc" location? Or where. I need to move bookmarks and other data.

@mib2berlin said in Where are bookmarks stored.:

Hi, Path is published in File > Help > About and called "bookmarks"

Cheers, mib

Where is this at? If in Vivaldi and I go to the "File" menu there is no "Help" submenu. I have "NewWindow", Open File, etc, but no "Help" IF i do an F1 there is no "About"

@luetage said in Where are bookmarks stored.:

Go to vivaldi://about/ and check your profile path. This is were your bookmarks are stored. If you have 1.14, you should have sync, this is another option. And bookmarks should be regularly exported to html, just to be safe.

"Go to vivaldi://about/ and check your profile path." where?

@ayespy said in Where are bookmarks stored.:

@oobydooby If you have slaved the drive to another machine, find the Vivaldi folder, and in it will be an Application folder and a User Data folder. In the User Data folder is a folder called Default. In the Default folder are several files (not folders, but individual files) with no extensions, named things like Bookmarks, Cookies, History, Favicons, etc. Most of these can be moved over to replace their counterparts in your new Vivaldi installation, to recover your data. Login Data and Extensions will be empty you transfer them. Don't even bother to try. Lots of other stuff can be recovered, though.

I haven't slaved a drive but where is this Vivaldi and Application and Data folders?

luetage

@matonanjin Input vivaldi://about in your address field and press <Return>. The last entry on the about page is called »Profile Path«. Visit the directory displayed there in your file system and you will find the relevant files.

pauloaguia

@matonanjin If all that's at stake is transferring bookmarks from one device to another, all you need to do is enable sync in your old device settings and then in the new one and all bookmarks will be transferred to the sync server and then to the other device.

Of course, if you don't want to use Vivaldi's sync server and prefer to do it by hand, the steps described here are the way to go. Just thought I'd suggest something simpler

matonanjin

@luetage said in Where are bookmarks stored.:

@matonanjin Input vivaldi://about in your address field and press <Return>. The last entry on the about page is called »Profile Path«. Visit the directory displayed there in your file system and you will find the relevant files.

Thank you! Found it!

@pauloaguia said in Where are bookmarks stored.:

@matonanjin If all that's at stake is transferring bookmarks from one device to another, all you need to do is enable sync in your old device settings and then in the new one and all bookmarks will be transferred to the sync server and then to the other device.

Of course, if you don't want to use Vivaldi's sync server and prefer to do it by hand, the steps described here are the way to go. Just thought I'd suggest something simpler

That would be way too logical, simple. I always try and do things the more convoluted way. thanks anyway

matonanjin

@pauloaguia Sheez. this was so simple. I'm not quite sure why no one suggested this earlier.

Thank you!

pauloaguia

@matonanjin said in Where are bookmarks stored.:

@pauloaguia Sheez. this was so simple. I'm not quite sure why no one suggested this earlier.

Probably because this thread was about finding the location where the bookmarks are stored locally. You're the one who hijacked it to ask about moving to another device