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LAST THOUGHT:

Does anyone at Xmarks actually read this stuff? I ask as it would be nice to one day be able to sync between Firefox and iPhone bookmarks

Tim

I was right in my last comment - I did have to uninstall and reload Xmarks on Firefox BUT A WORD OR WARNING. As far I can tell, you will find that all those erroneously duplicated folders/websites will STILL BE ON THE XMARKS SERVER when you reinstall it on Firefox (there's a link that allows you to see them). So if you do normal (merged) resync after reinstalling YOU MAY WASTE ANOTHER 2 HOURS!

I got round this by clicking the box that 'keeps the bookmarks on my computer and discard those on the server' (or something similar) - you need to be sure of course that you are happy with what is on the your PC

Having wasted another half hour, I think/pray everything is now ok

Tim

Nobodyz: I now understand your earlier exasperation - I have not come across a piece of software so annoyingly timewasting as Xmarks for IE since the days when I tried to make an HP Ipaq behave like a portable multimedia device (a highly masochistic exercise), . I have only wasted about 30ish mins as I found ways to organize and delete the (unwanted) copied folders but it is still highly irritating.

For anyone who uses Firefox and IE (half the planet?), I assume the same irritating error will occur. In the end I deleted this software from my laptop (via control panel, add and remove programs - but look for Xmarks, not Foxmarks)

To reload 'Foxmarks' on to Firefox, go to

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire...

As you will see, its been renamed 'Xmarks'

Lastly I now seem to have problems using Xmarks on Firefox - maybe I will have to delete it and reload it - another waste of time ....

It does/did(?) work wonderfully on Firefox but, combined with IE, its a minor disaster area

Tim

There does seem to be some really annoying feature using Xmarks with both Firefox and IE whereby all your folders end up get doubled or tripled after synchronizing..

As a result, I have used Tools - Internet Options - Programs - to disable Xmarks for IE.

It would be good if someone at Xmarks can sort this issue out as it would be great to be able to use Xmarks to coordinate between Firefox, IE and an iPhone