Hi, when I had IE6 the method outlined below worked perfectly to backup the
Favorites sort order (to make it clear, I'm not referring to backing up the
Favorites which can be done from within IE using File/Import-Export, I'm
referring to being able to back them up so I can later restore them in the
EXACT same custom sort order as originally, so I don't have to manually drag
hundreds of bookmarks to the order in which they were originally).

Sort order is not preserved when you transfer favorites to another PC
If you use the Import/Export Wizard or manually copy the URL favorites to
another system, the sort order will not be copied to the target system. This
is because Windows stores the sort order in the registry. Neither the
Import/Export Wizard or manual copy operation will reference the sort order
registry key.
In order to have the sort order applied to the other PC, export the
following registry from the source PC:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites
Save the above key as a REG file and apply this in the other computer. The
sort order is now copied/overwritten.

The issue is that in IE7 I checked that resgistry key but it seems to not
have the favorites in the original sort order but ordered alphabetically. So
how can I do it in IE7? Thanks

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Ale wrote:
> Hi, when I had IE6 the method outlined below worked perfectly to backup
> the
> Favorites sort order (to make it clear, I'm not referring to backing up
> the
> Favorites which can be done from within IE using File/Import-Export, I'm
> referring to being able to back them up so I can later restore them in the
> EXACT same custom sort order as originally, so I don't have to manually
> drag
> hundreds of bookmarks to the order in which they were originally).
>
> Sort order is not preserved when you transfer favorites to another PC
> If you use the Import/Export Wizard or manually copy the URL favorites to
> another system, the sort order will not be copied to the target system.
> This
> is because Windows stores the sort order in the registry. Neither the
> Import/Export Wizard or manual copy operation will reference the sort
> order
> registry key.
> In order to have the sort order applied to the other PC, export the
> following registry from the source PC:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites
> Save the above key as a REG file and apply this in the other computer. The
> sort order is now copied/overwritten.
>
> The issue is that in IE7 I checked that resgistry key but it seems to not
> have the favorites in the original sort order but ordered alphabetically.
> So
> how can I do it in IE7? Thanks