How to transfer firefox and internet explorer bookmarks

I lost a lot of bookmarks when I upgraded my firefox, had I known that I could export my bookmarks I would have saved myself!

Try these tips

Internet Explorer

For Internet Explorer Favorites, choose File | Import and Export from the menu. IE7 users, if you don’t see a menu, press the F10 key to display it.

File import and export>Click Next> choose Export Favorites>click Next twice,>check Export to a File> select the location and filename for the resulting HTML file>Click Next> Finish

You willl have a nice HTML page containing all your Favorites, organized in a sort of outline form that corresponds to any subfolders within the Favorites collection.

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox bookmarks are already stored in HTML form, you just have to find the file.

It’s located in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\mozilla\firefox\profiles\random\bookmarks.html.

where username is your username and random is a random folder name.

To get a printout, simply open the HTML file in your browser by launching it and then print it as you would any other Web page. To transfer the selections to another computer, transfer the HTML file using a USB thumb drive, e-mail, or even a floppy disk. Then import it into the other computer’s browser.

source:pcmag

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Jobin Martin

I'm a medical student, currently in final year....I love learning new tricks every day. This blog is a diary depicting my learning curve...

2 Responses to “ How to transfer firefox and internet explorer bookmarks ”

  1. Really helpful information..keep it up..thanks

  2. Anthony, you are always Welcome

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