i can't save my tabs as bookmarks with Ctrl-Shft-D
i get these errors in the Browser console: can i do something while firefox is running then attempt to save tabs as bookmarks again ? thanks, w
17:03:26.101 Error: "Error(s) encountered during statement execution: database disk image is malformed"
handleCompletion resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.jsm:889 showBookmarkDialog resource:///modules/PlacesUIUtils.jsm:328 bookmarkPages chrome://browser/content/browser-places.js:595 oncommand chrome://browser/content/browser.xhtml:1
Sqlite.jsm:714:15 17:03:26.101 Error: "Error(s) encountered during statement execution: database disk image is malformed"
handleCompletion resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.jsm:889 showBookmarkDialog resource:///modules/PlacesUIUtils.jsm:328 bookmarkPages chrome://browser/content/browser-places.js:595 oncommand chrome://browser/content/browser.xhtml:1
PlacesUIUtils.jsm:328:19 17:03:26.101 Error: "Error(s) encountered during statement execution: database disk image is malformed"
handleCompletion resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.jsm:889 showBookmarkDialog resource:///modules/PlacesUIUtils.jsm:328 bookmarkPages chrome://browser/content/browser-places.js:595 oncommand chrome://browser/content/browser.xhtml:1
PlacesUIUtils.jsm:328:19 17:03:26.102 Failed to initialize dialog: Error: Error(s) encountered during statement execution: database disk image is malformed bookmarkProperties.js:258
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If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.
You can check for problems with the places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.
- use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page
If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox and retry.
If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.
- keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created
See also:
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional
You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.
- Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Folder/Directory:
Windows: Open Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
i forgot to ask what the name of the file is that would load when i select "restore previous session" after a crash - i just want to make sure i don't mess it up since that's the only valid collection of my current tabs... thx
Firefox uses the sessionstore.jsonlz4 file in the profile folder to store session data. This file is only present when Firefox is closed. When Firefox is running then file in the sessionstore-backups folder are used.
You will normally find these files in the sessionstore-backups folder:
- previous.jsonlz4 (cleanBackup: copy of sessionstore.jsonlz4 from previous session that was loaded successfully)
- recovery.jsonlz4 (latest version of sessionstore.jsonlz4 written during runtime)
- recovery.baklz4 (previous version of sessionstore.jsonlz4 written during runtime)
- upgrade.jsonlz4-<build_id> (backup created during an upgrade of Firefox)
You can copy a file from the sessionstore-backups folder to the main profile and rename the file to sessionstore.jsonlz4 to replace the current file (make sure to backup the current sessionstore.jsonlz4).
You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.
- Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Folder/Directory:
Windows: Open Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
Modified by cor-el
thanks so much for the assistance !! was able to get everything back to a workable state and am able again to save all open tabs in a bookmark folder...
fourcolordoctor said
thanks so much for the assistance !! was able to get everything back to a workable state and am able again to save all open tabs in a bookmark folder...
Would you be so kind as to mark cor-el's post as Chosen Solution ? It's the "Solved the problem" button to the right of hist post.
Thank you in advance !