Hi,
Sounds like several issues...
Did you export Favorites, which would have exported them to a bookmarks.htm
file? Or, did you copy (write/burn)Favorites folders to the External HD and
CD?
If you don't have a bookmarks.htm file on the external media, you should be
able to create a folder on the desktop named Old Favorites. Copy the
Favorites from the external media to that folder. Working with one Favorites
folder at a time, open the folder, Ctrl+a (select all) right-click and
remove the read only attribute. Then copy those Favorites to the identically
named folder at (default location) [C:\Documents and Settings\your account
name\Favorites]
Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]
"JoeyJ" <JoeyJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F1D1EDE3-9912-44A2-920D-78958FAF8501@microsoft.com...
> I’ve got a similar problem trying to import favorites into IE7 in that I
was
> running Vista 64 bit for a year and have just went back to XP Pro. I
copied
> my favorites to an external HD and CD prior to reformatting. Now I
can’t
> import them into IE7 as I get the error message – “bootmark.htm was
not
> found”. When I select just a folder and go through the wizard steps,
upon
> finishing I get the message – “not a valid bookmark file”. All
files and
> folders are read only and when I attempt to clear the read only I get the
> message “An error occurred applying the attributes to the file –
access is
> denied”. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > You're welcome. Some things are still relatively easy. ;-)
> > "Jorge Q" <JorgeQ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8F978793-9C3F-469F-9399-7568A7F17164@microsoft.com...
> > > Many thanks Don,
> > >
> > > I followed your advice and it worked. I didn't thought it was that
easy. I
> > > thought the bookmark.htm file held more information that I was about
to
> > miss,
> > > but it didn't , so I successfully re-created my favorites. Thank you.
> > > "Don Varnau" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > You should be able to drag and drop or copy and paste Favorites into
the
> > > > Favorites folder- one folder at a time may be easiest.
> > > >
> > > > In XP the Favorites folder should be at C:\Documents and
> > Settings\{account
> > > > name}\Favorites.
> > > >
> > > > If Favorites were written to a CD or DVD you may have to select all
and
> > > > remove the "read only" attribute (right-click> properties.)
> > > > "Jorge Q" <JorgeQ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news
10378C7-0961-4499-AD1E-58463792E650@microsoft.com...
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I recently changed my machine. I previously made a backup of the
files
> > in
> > > > my
> > > > > old system, but now I have a problem with Favorites in IE7.
> > > > > BTW, my new system has Windows XP SP2 and IE7, and the old one has
> > been
> > > > > already formatted :-(
> > > > >
> > > > > Problem is the only source of information I have for the Favorites
> > > > > information is a standard folder copy in the File System. I forgot
to
> > > > export
> > > > > the Favorites from my old machine into a bookmark.htm file. As far
as
> > I can
> > > > > see you need this bookmark.htm in order to import the favorites to
the
> > new
> > > > > machine, but since I only have a favorites standard file system
> > > > structure...
> > > > > is there a way to import this information as I have it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
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