Set firefox to back up bookmarks on exit

Firefox default behavior is to back up bookmarks the first time you run it on any given day.
I need to change this behavior to back up bookmarks on exit (I have it set to clear cache, active logins etc., it makes more sense to me to back the bookmarks up then too).
I can't find anything in the about:config that will allow me to do this.

Drag the icon into your Wind0ws startup folder or use msconfig.
Right click 'start' -> explore -> navigate to'' start menu\programs'' folder
This MS article is for Win98 but is still fairly relevant to Windows XP ''Take control of your Windows start-up''http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835638

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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Export_bookmarks
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Use the following to see if you have more than one profile or your lost bookmarks
in the bookmarkbackups folder.
Type about:support into the location bar the click on "Open Containing Folder" that will take you to your current profile. The bookmarkbackups folder has 5 backups (.json files) any of which can be restored with Firefox up through restore bookmarks.
but if you created a new folder see ...next...
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(continued...)
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Lost bookmarks - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
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Firefox sync is duplicating bookmarks. Sync between two Win7 PCs.
There is no noted solution to this.

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Then at random moments Sync will evidently decide it doesn't want to update the server with my most recent changes, but download the server copy back over them.
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Are you posting from a mobile but having problems on a Desktop ?
(The question is posted in the Firefox Desktop section of the forum)
I do not use Windows 8
I know some earlier versions worked best with at least 20 to 25% freespace on the Hard Disk Drive. By about 12% disk defragmentation fails, but I have seen users struggle on to the last few megabytes before getting really messed up.
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* Do not use Hibernate,that uses space equivalent to the RAM size.
* Can you delete obvious junk
* Try to move some things at least temporarily to external storage devices
As for your bookmarks and Firefox problems
#Back up your profile to an external device or extenal storage such as a memory stick or CD that will preserve whatever bookmarks, open tabs, or Firefox autobackups of bookmarks,and other settings etc
#* You may already have a backup on your desktop fromthe lasr Reset you did
# Try reset again it may work.
Post back with how you geton and whatyou tried.
Give some information about the disk space
* Exactly what is the warning you get, paste it in to a reply, or attach a screenshot
** [[How do I create a screenshot of my problem?]]
*Size of HDD
* Freespace as both GB and % of disk
* Amount of RAM
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* What other storage do you have available ?
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