diff --git a/camino/src/bookmarks/Bookmark.mm b/camino/src/bookmarks/Bookmark.mm
index f39077b4b8b2..98b50045994b 100644
--- a/camino/src/bookmarks/Bookmark.mm
+++ b/camino/src/bookmarks/Bookmark.mm
@@ -606,15 +606,15 @@ static void doHTTPUpdateCallBack(CFReadStreamRef stream, CFStreamEventType type,
   for (unsigned i = 0;i<aPad;i++)
     [padString insertString:@"    " atIndex:0];  
   if ([mDescription length] > 0)
-    formatString = @"%@<DT><A HREF=\"%s\">%s</A>\n%@<DD>%s\n";
+    formatString = @"%@<DT><A HREF=\"%@\">%@</A>\n%@<DD>%@\n";
   else
-    formatString = @"%@<DT><A HREF=\"%s\">%s</A>\n";
+    formatString = @"%@<DT><A HREF=\"%@\">%@</A>\n";
   return [NSString stringWithFormat:formatString,
     padString,
-    [[self url] UTF8String],
-    [[mTitle stringByAddingAmpEscapes] UTF8String],
+    [self url],
+    [mTitle stringByAddingAmpEscapes],
     padString,
-    [[mDescription stringByAddingAmpEscapes] UTF8String]];
+    [mDescription stringByAddingAmpEscapes]];
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/camino/src/bookmarks/BookmarkFolder.mm b/camino/src/bookmarks/BookmarkFolder.mm
index 8fd6e2d875de..83c8d64f7ac2 100644
--- a/camino/src/bookmarks/BookmarkFolder.mm
+++ b/camino/src/bookmarks/BookmarkFolder.mm
@@ -796,7 +796,19 @@ NSString* BookmarkFolderDockMenuChangeNotificaton = @"bf_dmc";
   [self setTitle:[aDict objectForKey:BMTitleKey]];
   [self setDescription:[aDict objectForKey:BMFolderDescKey]];
   [self setKeyword:[aDict objectForKey:BMFolderKeywordKey]];
-  [self setSpecialFlag:[[aDict objectForKey:BMFolderTypeKey] unsignedIntValue]];
+  unsigned int flag = [[aDict objectForKey:BMFolderTypeKey] unsignedIntValue];
+  // on the off chance we've imported somebody else's bookmarks after startup,
+  // we need to clear any super special flags on it.  if we have a shared bookmark manager,
+  // we're not in startup, so clear things out.
+  if ([BookmarkManager sharedBookmarkManager]) {
+    if ((flag & kBookmarkRootFolder) != 0)
+      flag &= ~kBookmarkRootFolder;
+    if ((flag & kBookmarkToolbarFolder) != 0)
+      flag &= ~kBookmarkToolbarFolder;
+    if ((flag & kBookmarkSmartFolder) != 0)
+      flag &= ~kBookmarkSmartFolder;
+  }
+  [self setSpecialFlag:flag];
   enumerator = [[aDict objectForKey:BMChildrenKey] objectEnumerator];
   while ((aKid = [enumerator nextObject]) && noErr) {
     if ([aKid objectForKey:BMChildrenKey])
@@ -972,13 +984,13 @@ NSString* BookmarkFolderDockMenuChangeNotificaton = @"bf_dmc";
       formatString = @"%@<DT><H3 FOLDER_GROUP=\"true\">%@</H3>\n%@<DL><p>\n";
     else
       formatString = @"%@<DT><H3>%@</H3>\n%@<DL><p>\n";
-    htmlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:formatString, padString, [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[[mTitle stringByAddingAmpEscapes] UTF8String]], padString];
+    htmlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:formatString, padString,[mTitle stringByAddingAmpEscapes],padString];
   }
   // Toolbar Folder
   else if ([self isToolbar])
     htmlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@<DT><H3 PERSONAL_TOOLBAR_FOLDER=\"true\">%@</H3>\n%@<DL><p>\n",
       padString,
-      [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[[mTitle stringByAddingAmpEscapes] UTF8String]],
+      [mTitle stringByAddingAmpEscapes],
       padString];
   // Root Folder
   else if ([self isRoot]) 
diff --git a/camino/src/bookmarks/BookmarkManager.mm b/camino/src/bookmarks/BookmarkManager.mm
index 31b7429df8d8..66fefe27ac27 100644
--- a/camino/src/bookmarks/BookmarkManager.mm
+++ b/camino/src/bookmarks/BookmarkManager.mm
@@ -809,10 +809,9 @@ static unsigned gFirstUserCollection = 0;
 
 - (void) writeHTMLFile:(NSString *)pathToFile
 {
-  NSString *htmlString = [[self rootBookmarks] writeHTML:0];
-  if (![htmlString writeToFile:[pathToFile stringByStandardizingPath] atomically:YES])
+  NSData *htmlData = [[[self rootBookmarks] writeHTML:0] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+  if (![htmlData writeToFile:[pathToFile stringByStandardizingPath] atomically:YES])
     NSLog(@"writeHTML: Failed to write file %@",pathToFile);
-  return;
 }
 
 -(void) writeSafariFile:(NSString *)pathToFile
@@ -820,15 +819,13 @@ static unsigned gFirstUserCollection = 0;
   NSDictionary* dict = [[self rootBookmarks] writeSafariDictionary];
   if (![dict writeToFile:[pathToFile stringByStandardizingPath] atomically:YES])
     NSLog(@"writeSafariFile: Failed to write file %@",pathToFile);
-  return;
-  
 }
+
 -(void)writePropertyListFile:(NSString *)pathToFile
 {
   NSDictionary* dict = [[self rootBookmarks] writeNativeDictionary];
   if (![dict writeToFile:[pathToFile stringByStandardizingPath] atomically:YES])
     NSLog(@"writePropertyList: Failed to write file %@",pathToFile);
-  return;
 }