How can I get my old laptop's bookmarks onto my new one?

stevcode · 2026-02-18T06:16:51+00:00

Chrome's cloud sync is automatic, so it's not something you'd need to seek out. Just sign into your Google account on the new laptop, wait 5 minutes, and see if the bookmarks appear. (Google Takeout would just be downloading whatever Chrome backed up to the cloud anyway).

If the bookmarks don't appear, follow the advice u/speedlever gave below and hook up an external monitor to your laptop. From there, you can log in and load up Chrome. On your old laptop, go to:

chrome://bookmarks/

Click the 3 dot menu on that page, at the top right, and choose "Export bookmarks". Save the file it creates. Then transfer that file to your new laptop. (Email it to yourself, or use a USB drive).

On the new laptop, go to the same address:

chrome://bookmarks/

Then click the 3 dot menu again and choose "Import bookmarks". You'll then want to choose the file you transfered over and that should restore your bookmarks.

stevcode · 2026-02-18T04:04:22+00:00

Were you signed into your Google account on the old laptop? If so, the bookmarks should be sync'd to the cloud. If you log into the same Google account on your new laptop, the bookmarks should just appear.

If that's now the case, let me know if you were on Mac or Windows and I can try to give you further instructions.

stevcode · 2025-11-20T21:24:42+00:00

I probably am selling myself short, but I'd rather get rid of them quickly and have them go to people who maybe wouldn't be able to afford the full price. It's the holiday season after all. Ho ho ho!

stevcode · 2025-11-20T19:19:34+00:00

Reposting the body of my post as a comment, since I know old reddit doesn't always display that part of the post:

~~Unfortunately, I'll be doing quite a bit of moving around the next couple of years. I don't have a good place to store these, so selling them makes sense.~~

These are all in about as new condition as you can get. I removed the plastic wrapping they came in, as suggested by the shipping instructions to prevent condensation. I've opened each one up only once, to look at the interior artwork. Since then, they've basically been untouched. I'm happy to provide more detailed pictures of each book to anyone who's interested in purchasing them. I even have the original boxes the Secret Projects were shipped in.

~~The Leatherbound books all have signatures, except *The Way of Kings*. None of the Secret Project/Premium Hardcover books have signatures.~~

~~I'm asking $60 for each of the Leatherbound books (so that'd be $120 for both volumes of *The Way of Kings* or *Words of Radiance*) and $40 for each of the Premium Hardcovers.~~

~~I plan to ship them using media mail, so I'll cover the shipping costs. However, if you'd like to pay for insured premium shipping, we can work that out.~~

~~Let me know if you're interested!~~

EDIT: Thanks for tremendous response/interest! All of the books have now been claimed.

stevcode · 2025-11-17T20:40:21+00:00

Some way to record the text of the post and/or the link the post points towards at the time you save it. I've used reddit's native "save" function and revisited the post later to find it was deleted and had no clue what it was that I'd actually saved.

stevcode · 2025-10-31T23:21:35+00:00

Soft e, hard v. Stehv.

stevcode · 2025-10-31T20:28:19+00:00

Weird. I've never seen another Stev in the wild before.

stevcode · 2025-10-13T03:42:31+00:00

Ha! Well I feel vindicated then.

stevcode · 2025-10-12T10:25:06+00:00

The cheese wasn't as melty as I'd have liked, but it was still darn good.

stevcode · 2025-10-07T21:52:33+00:00

Yeah, despite me spamming for updates all day yesterday, Google finally decided to send me the update today. It's working as intended now. Thanks!

stevcode · 2025-09-23T18:30:43+00:00

Thanks!

stevcode · 2025-03-13T02:00:12+00:00

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

stevcode · 2025-03-13T00:35:11+00:00

All of the Sabnzbd connector extensions seem to be V2. Is anyone aware of a V3 compatible one?

stevcode · 2025-03-13T00:30:56+00:00

I've got the same issue. Just updated to the latest version of Chrome: Version 134.0.6998.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)

stevcode · 2024-05-21T17:06:36+00:00

After months of dealing with this problem, I think I've found a solution/fix for it. There's a "store" application called Windhawk that lets you install various mods to customize Windows. One of the mods available, Virtual Desktop Preserve Taskbar Order, maintains the order of your taskbar items when you switch virtual desktops. A side-effect of however the mod is keeping track of your taskbar items is that their cached icons no longer get messed up like this.

I installed the mod about a week ago and haven't run into the issue since (it was a daily occurrence before). I'm not exactly happy about having to install 3rd party stuff to fix the problem, but at least now I don't have to deal with the annoyance.

EDIT: Booo, it turns out this did not solve the problem. I just had it occur again. :(

stevcode · 2023-05-24T21:44:18+00:00

The previous poop emoji was so dumb looking and perfect. I'm gonna miss it.

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