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30. October 2011, 06:50:52

set17

Posts: 2

Bookmarks lost after synchronization

After synchronization with Opera link most of my bookmarks gone((( Remaining 10 percent probably.. Could anybody help?

2. November 2011, 09:13:26

einu

Posts: 103

could it bee alink limitation ? maybe it cant handel some wery big numer of books ?..guessing

7. November 2011, 17:30:24

jeskynar

Posts: 29

Sorry I can't help, only sympathise. Opera *always* throws away a random selection of my bookmarks. I've just tested it with about 20 and all but 5 were deleted. Useless pile of ***. I've been reporting bugs for *years* yet nobody ever fixes it. Please can everyone report bugs using the Bug Wizard and maybe Opera will get enough to put effort into fixing it. https://bugs.opera.com/wizard/

7. November 2011, 18:25:22

Luxor

Scotland

Posts: 72918

Originally posted by jeskynar:

Please can everyone report bugs using the Bug Wizard and maybe Opera will get enough to put effort into fixing it.


No don't do that.
I quote (emphasis by me)

Originally posted by Before you complete or submit a bug report::

Think about whether it has already been reported. You can find this out by communicating with other Opera users in the community forums, checking newsgroups or the Opera-users mailing list. If the bug is being discussed, it has probably been reported already. In this case, do not file a bug report, as any report filed will be marked as a duplicate. This wastes both your time and the time that we could better spend resolving existing issues


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7. November 2011, 18:45:35

Galileo

Opera follower

Posts: 299

Originally posted by set17:

After synchronization with Opera link most of my bookmarks gone((( Remaining 10 percent probably.. Could anybody help?


Enter this in the address bar opera:about and find the folder for Bookmarks. It might be hidden in Windows, so unhide so first unhide it from windows explorer>folder options. In that folder there should be a second bookmarks.adr with the link word added, that is the backup that Opera takes before sync. Copy that to another folder and then delete bookmarks.adr and rename the backup one as bookmarks.adr and copy it to the folder where the original was.
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7. November 2011, 23:37:12

jeskynar

Posts: 29

Thank you Luxor, you are right to quote that. At the risk of hijacking this thread, what other means do you suggest might be useful to raise the priority of bugs which have been known for many years but never fixed? It is one thing to add features to a web browser whilst ignoring rendering bugs, but quite another to ignore bugs which **throw away carefully-crafted user data**; do you see why this issue is so important?

8. November 2011, 11:56:04

Luxor

Scotland

Posts: 72918

I don't deny that the issue is important to you. You have done what you can and is required.
You reported a bug and you have posted in the forum, that is the only avenue open to you, just as it is for the rest of us.
Opera 12.16 build 1860 Windows Vista Premium SP2

Be helpful to the shyman, and be wary of the slyman.
Be guidance to the blindman, and be thankful to the kindman.

ʎzzıp ʇǝƃ llıʍ noʎ ʇıq sıɥʇ pɐǝɹ ʇ,uop

19. November 2011, 17:37:33

set17

Posts: 2

Thanks, Galileo. I think this is the best way to solve this problem but only if you knew it in advance... It's looks like if Opera synchronized twice before you try this hint bookmarks.adr.pre_sync file contain only addresses from last sync... So my bookmarks gone forever(( What a drama!

21. November 2011, 03:24:06

rjk75

Posts: 13

set17, I just went through the same problem you described when I tried using Synchronization (that's why I found this discussion).

Fortunately, I stumbled on the .pre_sync files and got my Speeddial, Search engines, and Operaprefs INI files back. So I will never use that Sync feature ever again; however, I learned long ago to back up my bookmarks. I have been exporting my Opera bookmarks (both .adr and .html) to flash drives for about 6 years now so no matter what happens, I'll always have a reliable backup. I do the same thing with my I.E. bookmarks.

For anybody else discovering this horror, I'm running both WinXP SP3 and Windows 7. Look for the .PRE_SYNC files in your C:\Documents and Settings\<your_user_name_here>\Application Data\Opera\Opera folder with Hidden files showing.

RJK75

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