Uninstall and reinstall firefox without losing my book marks

can I uninstall firefox and reinstall it without losing my book marks
== This happened ==
Not sure how often
== yesterday ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB6.5; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; yie8)

Uninstalling Firefox should keep your profile folder intact.
If you want to be cautious, try [[Exporting bookmarks to an HTML file]] first.

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Did you try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox?
*Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
*https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/
Did you try a new profile without modifications?
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting

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Security Issue: Update your Flash Player '''v16.0.0.305<br>https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html'''
If you have problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions then check this:
* see if there are updates for your graphics drive drivers
'''https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration'''
* disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)
'''https://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround'''
* disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin
'''https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337'''
See also:
* '''http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Troubleshooting'''

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* [[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_%28Firefox%29]]
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* see [[firefox crashes]]

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I recently upgraded Firefox to the 'optimized for Yahoo' version and have been experiencing slow starts and stalls. This happened once before when I upgraded Internet Explorer to an 'optimized for Yahoo' version. I was able to uninstall it and reinstalled the latest version from Microsoft, but I lost all my bookmarks / favorites in the process.

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