Used default install and now my bookmark list has 4 duplicate entries -- how to eliminate this "rabbit" like fecundity ?
newly installed Sync with default settings in two different laptops (HP Vista 7 and Toshiba XP SP3) and old desktop w/ XP SP3. All with Firefox 3.6.10. At first didn't think anything was happening. The HP machine is new and had no bookmarks and the bookmark file didn't expand like I expected (i.e., I expected Sync to bring in the big bookmark files from the XP laptop). But now I notice that the XP laptop with thousands of bookmarks, is duplicating each entry. Yesterday there were three per, now there are 4 per. I would appreciate any help.
Problem is more complicated than I noticed. I have been trying to get my large bookmark file (>15 year collection--probably some 8K+ entries) under control. So have tried "Categorize" and "ScrapBook". Both still installed. Added "Sync". The duplicating bookmarks are older bookmarks -- probably prior to the update to Firefox 3.6.10. CheckPlaces 2.3.0 will not eliminate the duplicates. It thinks the bookmarks file is OK. Have un-installed the Sync pgm, but the bookmarks file is still damaged. Tried to go back in time with a backup file, but just eliminating the places.sqlite and the bookmarkbackups\xxx.json files does not remove the bookmarks file -- it appears to also now have a copy that exists in the "Categorize" directories.
Think I need to walk away from this for awhile and re-think the approach. Still open to any advice. Thanks.
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