IE8 Favorites not importing

I exported my Favorites from one computer running WinXP and IE8 to a file.

When I try to import that file into IE8 on another WinXP machine nothing
imports and the only message is "Some settings were not imported
successfully".

???

Assuming you're running IE7 on the box...

Error "Not a valid bookmark file" when Importing IE8 Bookmarks (Favorites)
to IE7 - The Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/er...orites-to-ie7/

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DWC wrote:
> I exported my Favorites from one computer running WinXP and IE8 to a file.
>
> When I try to import that file into IE8 on another WinXP machine nothing
> imports and the only message is "Some settings were not imported
> successfully".
>
> ???

"Not a valid bookmark file� error when importing Favorites:

1. Open bookmark.htm in Notepad and change the
format to "Ansi". (Encoding: Ansi)

2. If a "Mark of the Web" line is present, remove it.
Example: <!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->

3. Importing should work now.


ju.c


"DWC" <DWC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11AD6299-315A-41A9-80C9-393CF9ACB49B@microsoft.com...
> I exported my Favorites from one computer running WinXP and IE8 to a file.
>
> When I try to import that file into IE8 on another WinXP machine nothing
> imports and the only message is "Some settings were not imported
> successfully".
>
> ???

Could you explain where one finds the bookmark.htm file/folder please?

You say that if a "Mark of the Web" line is present, remove it.
> Example: <!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->

Does this mean you have to edit each bookmarked url individually? If so,
this would take me a month of Sundays!

If I remember correctly, when I first ran Windows 7 RC with IE8, I could not
import my IE7 favorites. But to work round it, I think I just went to Users>
me and moved the favorites folder to the partition containing my IE7
favorites.

But maybe my IE7 favorites will be corrupted now, when I log back in to
Vista? I'll have to try it and post back!

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"ju.c" wrote:

> "Not a valid bookmark file� error when importing Favorites:
>
> 1. Open bookmark.htm in Notepad and change the
> format to "Ansi". (Encoding: Ansi)
>
> 2. If a "Mark of the Web" line is present, remove it.
> Example: <!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->
>
> 3. Importing should work now.
>
>
> ju.c
>
>
> "DWC" <DWC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11AD6299-315A-41A9-80C9-393CF9ACB49B@microsoft.com...
> > I exported my Favorites from one computer running WinXP and IE8 to a file.
> >
> > When I try to import that file into IE8 on another WinXP machine nothing
> > imports and the only message is "Some settings were not imported
> > successfully".
> >
> > ???
>
>

One finds the bookmark.htm file where one saved it when one created the
bookmark.htm file.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Essexbiker wrote:
> Could you explain where one finds the bookmark.htm file/folder please?
>
> You say that if a "Mark of the Web" line is present, remove it.
>> Example: <!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->
>
> Does this mean you have to edit each bookmarked url individually? If so,
> this would take me a month of Sundays!
>
> If I remember correctly, when I first ran Windows 7 RC with IE8, I could not
> import my IE7 favorites. But to work round it, I think I just went to Users>
> me and moved the favorites folder to the partition containing my IE7
> favorites.
>
> But maybe my IE7 favorites will be corrupted now, when I log back in to
> Vista? I'll have to try it and post back!
>