For the last couple of days I am losing all my bookmarks. When I boot up and start FF, I get the Google window popping as described in this post

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-04-15-n66.html

that is, allow/disallow Google download screen.. I have both enabled along with safe search etc..but after clicking 'fini'.. I find that all my book marks are lost.

I have done some research on the web and still not finding the root cause and how-to clean up.

any suggestions and pointers will be appreciated..!!!

Pd exactly which version of Firefox are you using?

Gecko/20070312 Firefox/1.5.0.11
Browser: Mozilla/5.0

Can you upgrade to Firefox 2?

yeah maybe I should upgrade. Already upgraded to the new Google Toolbar.. however persistent loss is in occurrence even after that!!

here's some screen shoots.

http://slash.pd.googlepages.com/ff-scr1.PNG
http://slash.pd.googlepages.com/ff-scr2.PNG

Check to see if you're running your Normal (Everyday use) Profile.

For some reason Google Toolbar used to create a New Profile and default the boot to that.

Wait I see Skype, so that must mean you still have your tweaked settings and extensions right ?

yup all ext are there.. and yes to running on normal profile..

heck, I spent nearly 3 -4 hrs on this issue.. only bookmarks seem to disappear!!

I normally drop bookmarks into a folder and then open all in tabs.. this makes it easier to switch between categories of sites!!