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AM-DeadLink scans your browser bookmark file for dead links or duplicate links. Using this program is much faster and easier than manually checking all of your bookmarks. If you have a very large collection of bookmarks, and some of them are rarely visited, then removing links that are "dead" makes the resultant smaller collection of valid bookmarks easier to navigate. After running this on my bookmarks, I now have a much leaner set of favorites that are easier to find, and the peace of mind knowing that all the links actually work. In addition, from this website you can download FavIcons for all your Favorites and Bookmarks. I have been told that AM-DeadLink doesn't fully support unicode characters in bookmarks, which is suprising, considering all the non-english languages that this program supports. |
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This program doesn't work with Firefox 3.5 at all. Firefox 3.5 uses JSON to store bookmarks and this program can't clean those.
For Firefox 3.5.2 with vista 64 I use a plug in for dead links and duplicates.
CheckPlaces is a Firefox extension that allows you to check your bookmarks in different ways. There is a basic check of your bookmarks, and optional checks that the pages still exist, duplicate bookmarks, and empty folders. You can also use it to restore favicons that have gone missing.
http://www.andyhalford.com/checkplaces/index.html
It works 4 me!
And it is FAST compared to AM Deadlink....
This one looks good and I'm trying it, especially if it eliminates the step of synchronizing FF and IE with Xmarks then checking the IE favorites and re-synchronizing which is necessary when using Deadlink to clean Firefox bookmarks.
Is there freeware to migrate/sync bookmarks between different browsers (Firefox. IE, Opera) used on the same computer?
cometmarks.com also cometbird is a browser which happens to be the best browser on the web, can do everything plus some, seriously. by far the best, check out there cometmarks bookmarker, sync between multiple b rowsers and computers
Have a look at Transmute : www.gettransmute.com
Anupam Shriwatri
I am also using Firefox/3.0.5 for my primary bookmarks, and I beg to differ that it's working fine with Firefox 3.0.5. Firefox will just keep putting back old bookmarks from its new backups. However, here's exactly how you can import the AM-Deadlink cleaned bookmarks back into Firefox 3.0.5.
1) Clean out deadlinks per normal after loading your Firefox bookmarks in AM-Deadlink.
2) Instead of using "File - Export" in AM-Deadlink, use "Backup - Firefox bookmarks (Zip file)..." to export your cleaned Firefox bookmarks from AM-Deadlink. Save the zip file to your desktop, then unzip the file "bookmarks.html" to your desktop.
3) In Firefox, instead of "File - Import" which only lets you import IE favorites, use "Bookmarks - Organize Bookmarks".
4) On the left hand side, highlight "Bookmarks Menu".
5) Delete your old bookmarks. Choosing Ctrl-A at this point to pick all bookmarks on the right hand side to delete does not work, as it will also delete the "Recently Bookmarked" and "Recent Tags" blue folders at the top which you don't want to do. Instead highlight the top normal color folder, then while holding Shift down, highlight the bottom last folder or file. Right click and choose "Delete". (Don't worry, you can easily restore your most recent backup if anything goes wrong by choosing "Import and Backup" and then "Restore" which saves your last five bookmark saves in Firefox.) You should now have nothing left on the right hand side except the two blue folders at the top and a line beneath them.
6) Almost done. Now choose "Import and Backup" then "Import HTML...". You now have the option to "Import Settings and Data" "From an HTML file". Select "Next", choose the "bookmarks.html" file that you unzipped onto your desktop and choose "Open". Voila!
You can also use xmarks for firefox and xmarks for IE to synchronise FF 3+ bookmarks with IE favorites, and just use AM-Deadlink to clean out the favorites, then re-synch and FF will synchronise as well.
When I check for duplicates, I get a list in which some duplicate have a black arrowhead beside it the other duplicate does not.
Do you or anyone else know what this means?
Thanks,
Norm West - Texas
Quite easy and fast, I can see ! Firefox 3.x doesn't need this anymore 'cause no dupes are allowed.
I am also using Firefox/3.0.5 and if works fine, I also have IE6, and Opera. It checked on all and was able to fined few duplicate file.
Exactly what I needed! I had over 2500 bookmarks. This program found many duplicates and dead links, and I was able to delete about 700 of them!! Thanks for the review!
Be careful with so called "dead" links. I have found that sometimes a website may block your IP address, or you may be using one that was blocked previously, resulting in you being unable to access the site. You should always verify that it is truly dead with a proxy server online.
Also, sometimes it happens that a site will time out, or fail to load due to large numbers of people connecting.
At times, they may be down for maintenance. Give them a month or so & try again to be sure they are truly dead!
@KrinkleKrunk- just tested and yes, it has a preview box that list all your bookmarks and shows which one is ok, 404, or redirected. Has a built in browser so you can double check links. I have to say, this is the best freeware find in a while. I used it on my Opera and had no problems. - PALADIN
Yes it does KK.
I sent the following on this program to Gizmo back in Feb.
I have tried a lot of variations of these products and this one stands out for functionality and operation. It runs in the background, checking my favorites with no noticeable impact on other operations. You can open bad pages in the generated list directly in the built-in IE browser. You can also click the red arrow to open the link in your default browser (FF for me). There are right-click functions for changing the URL, deleting it and saving it, among other functions. All-in-all, a worthy program for everyone to have and run.
I wonder if the program informs you of what links are dead before removing them?
It certainly does. It's very safe to use.
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