As I noted, I have tried that but it requires importing each bookmark seperately. With hundreds of bookmarks, it would take hours. Isn't there an easier way?
I dont have the two machines hooked up and thus can't transfer from one to the other. I copied the bookmarks from the old machine and put them on a disc and transferred them to my new hard drive. Question is: Where do I put them?
@DerekFlint wrote:
As I noted, I have tried that but it requires importing each bookmark seperately. With hundreds of bookmarks, it would take hours. Isn't there an easier way?
That's simply incorrect. If you open IE on the older machine and go to File|Import and Export|Export Favorites you will be taken to a window which asks you to select a folder to export favorites from. If you select the "Favorites" folder, the program will export all your favorites to a file (bookmark.htm) in a folder of your choosing. On the new machine, go to File|Import and Export|Import Favorites and point the import facility at the bookmark.htm file you created on the old machine and your favorites will all be imported.
I've used Export - Import hundreds of times to transfer or backup bookmarks (or Favorites as they are called in Internet Explorer - do you use IE at all?), and it works exactly as Denny said. They are all exported at once to a file the location of which you can specify (usually called bookmark.htm). This takes about 5 seconds. You tranfer this file to your new computer (if it is on CD, then copy it to the desktop of your new computer and check that it is not "read-only" and therefore not usable), open IE, choose File - Import and Export - Import Favorites and specify the location of the file (desktop)
iKlaatu
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June 9th, 2005 02:00
Internet Exploror's File menu selection called "Import and Export...", that would seem the best way.
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June 9th, 2005 12:00
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June 9th, 2005 16:00
Denny Denham
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June 9th, 2005 16:00
That's simply incorrect. If you open IE on the older machine and go to File|Import and Export|Export Favorites you will be taken to a window which asks you to select a folder to export favorites from. If you select the "Favorites" folder, the program will export all your favorites to a file (bookmark.htm) in a folder of your choosing. On the new machine, go to File|Import and Export|Import Favorites and point the import facility at the bookmark.htm file you created on the old machine and your favorites will all be imported.
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June 9th, 2005 20:00
DerekFlint,
I've used Export - Import hundreds of times to transfer or backup bookmarks (or Favorites as they are called in Internet Explorer - do you use IE at all?), and it works exactly as Denny said. They are all exported at once to a file the location of which you can specify (usually called bookmark.htm). This takes about 5 seconds. You tranfer this file to your new computer (if it is on CD, then copy it to the desktop of your new computer and check that it is not "read-only" and therefore not usable), open IE, choose File - Import and Export - Import Favorites and specify the location of the file (desktop)
It works, believe me!
Lemmi