Bookmarks and History gone from sidebar

I use FF 11.0 and my History and my Bookmarks are NOT deleted or cleared from Firefox. They can still be accessed via the Menu Bar. However, when I activate the sidebar to access my history and bookmarks the side bar is completely empty! Deleting the file "places.sqlite" does not help.

Deleting the ''places.sqlite'' file is not the recommended method of clearing history.
I am not sure I understand whether you are
* trying to delete History and it is not disappearing
* or surprised that your sidebar is now empty
Manually deleting ''places.sqlite'' may not give the results you expect, as Firefox is then forced to recreate the file. Places.sqlite is your database of History and Bookmarks.
It may help if you look at the articles
* [[private browsing]]
* [[Clear Recent History#w_how-do-i-make-firefox-clear-my-history-automatically]]_how-do-i-make-firefox-clear-my-history-automatically <br/> (You may wish to scroll through the entire article)

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It depends on exactly what you did; or did not do; also on what backups you may have.
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If you have previously explicitly made backups of bookmarks etc by exporting them, it should be relatively straightforward to recommence using those files. If that option is not available, what about your ordinary backups , do they include the bookmarks.

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That worked and I can now use Firefox, but I have several other problems:
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I have been trying to research how to fix this on my own for the past several days, even though I am very non-tech savy.
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• I tried to do a System Restore to 10/12/14. I got the error “Did not complete successfully. Unspecified error 0x8000ffff”.
• I reset Firefox to its default state.
• I tried to change the Privacy setting for Firefox history from “Remember History” to “Use custom setting for history” followed by checking “Remember my browsing and download history”, “Remember search and form history”, and “Accept cookies from site”. I am unable to change this. It always reverts back to “Remember History”.
I located only one Profile Manager, which I found by going through the Windows start menu with "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" –p.
I found "bookmarkbackups" under my Profile Folder. The oldest bookmark folder listed is from 10/16/2014.
Could someone please help me get all my Bookmarks and History back from before the 10/16/2014 updates? Thank you.

Hi askmozilla, yes, the Previous Versions tab in the Properties dialog for the places.sqlite files in the oldest of those folders.
I'm not sure whether Windows can match that file up with earlier restore points once the folder is moved from its original location to the desktop.
I wonder whether there is any way to access the restore point created on 10/16 just before Windows installed the updates. That really would be the best place to look if possible.

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First, I recommend backing up your Firefox settings in case something goes wrong. See [[Backing up your information]]. You can copy your entire Firefox profile folder somewhere outside of the Mozilla folder. To quickly access this folder:
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https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
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*https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/

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[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode]
''Don't select anything right now, just use "Continue in SafeMode."''
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[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes]

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For a few weeks now, I've been getting the "Bookmarks and history system will not be functional..." message. When I clicked for more information, FireFox would freeze.
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A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/The+bookmarks+and+history+system+will+not+be+functional

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