
Inside the new Tor folder, click to run Start Tor Browser.exe.Once you've moved the old Tor to a new location, download and uncompress the new Tor folder, and place it on your desktop.
You may want to keep the old Tor around in case the new Tor doesn't work correctly on your computer (more on this later). Do not permanently erase the old folder just yet, until you've confirmed that the new Tor works.
Navigate to the location containing your old Tor folder, and move the entire folder containing your old Tor into a temporary location, such as your recycle bin. On Windows 7, if you're upgrading Tor version 3.6.6 to Tor version 4.0, the old Tor's places.sqlite file will be in: Tor Browser\Data\Browser\faultIf you're upgrading Tor version 2.3.x (and earlier) to Tor version 3.5.x, the old Tor's places.sqlite will be in Tor Browser\FirefoxPortable\Data\profileInside this folder, identify the file named places.sqlite and place it on your desktop by copying the file and pasting it onto your desktop. In your old Tor folder, there is a folder containing your valuable bookmarks information.
Henceforth, the Tor installation that you plan to replace will be the old, and the Tor installation that contains the latest fixes and security updates will be the new.
Soon as you see "HOWEVER, this browser is out of date" (or in previous versions, "there is a security update available for the Tor Browser Bundle"), download the new package. For now, the following process should work on Windows only. "I'm not doing anything wrong, so I have nothing to hide." True, although most of us would not welcome indoor cameras in our homes, because as your home is your castle, your own home computer should be your castle.įrom participating in and reading online discussion, I've gathered that the method we're about to detail below cannot be applied to Tor installations on Mac and Linux operating systems. You can use Tor to browse the web anonymously, maintaining your privacy and keeping your online activity hidden from despotic governments and intrusive corporations. So now that you can use Tor to bypass paywalls on websites that have metered content (though I encourage you to pay your fair share to media organizations like the LA Times that are doing a great deal of social good), we will discuss how, on Windows, you can retain, save, or migrate your bookmarks, when upgrading Tor on Windows. However, below are the instructions in case you wanted to import bookmarks the way you did before. Afterwards, all my bookmarks were automatically imported. As of Tor Browser version 4.02, I was able to upgrade to version 4.03 today (January 16, 2015) through an in-browser clickable notice, which also allowed me to restart Tor.