"favourites" list

[Silvabod]

Where would one find the "favourites" datafile (and/or, what is it called?)
I'd like to import my old one (on a different drive) to my new XPPro
installation, but "search" for "favourites" gives no results.

 

[Gordon]

Where would one find the "favourites" datafile (and/or, what is it
called?) I'd like to import my old one (on a different drive) to my
new XPPro installation, but "search" for "favourites" gives no
results.

That's because it's "favOrites" not "favOUrites"! I think in any case you
will have to allow Hidden and System Files in your search.

HTH

 

[Wesley Vogel]

If American English, it's Favorites. If British or Canadian English,
substitute Favourites.

Internet Explorer...
[[To import bookmarks or favorites, on the File menu, click Import and
Export.
To export favorites to bookmarks or favorites on the same or another
computer, on the File menu, click Import and Export.

The exported favorites file is fairly small, so if you want to share the
favorite items with other people, you can copy it to a floppy disk or folder
on a network, or attach it to an e-mail message. ]]

To open Favorites folder...
Start | Run | Type: favorites | Click OK

%homepath%\Favorites

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Gordon]

If American English, it's Favorites. If British or Canadian English,
substitute Favourites.

I'm using Brit English and it's still "Favorites".....not "favourites"....

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Ya got me there, Gordon.

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Gordon]

Ya got me there, Gordon.

I'll check at work next Monday - they are all Brit English XP as well......

 

[Silvabod]

DAMN!
I forgot that bloody Webster dictionary man.
"Favourite" (correct spellling, in any/every English dictionary) is spelt
"favorite" in his abominable dictionary that purports to be English, but
isn't.
No offense intended. I'm reasonably competent in my native language, but got
thrown on this occasion by deviant spelling.
Webster's dictionary "simplified" English spellings in the late 19th
century, to cater for educating the mass of non-English speaking US
immigrants and their children in "English".

Thanks, folks, for the pointer. It solved the problem, I found what I was
looking for.

My fault, should have remembered that Bill Gates and co. are US citizens,
not English (despite Bill's honourary [US, honorary] Knighthood bestowed by
H.M the Queen of England (also that "UK English" settings do not apply to
system files in MS products).

 

[Gordon]

DAMN!
I forgot that bloody Webster dictionary man.

ROTFL!

Two nations separated by a common language!

 

[Silvabod]

ROTFL!

Two nations separated by a common language!

Agreed!
I'm lucky, I guess, that Ms Perspicacia Tick (that self-proclaimed defender
of "English" language and usage in ng's) didn't get in on this ... poor gal,
she owns only the one dictionary (Webster) and believes in it with faith
both absolute and unwavering.
If some-one was kind to her, and gifted her a real one, she would find not
only correct spellings, but also the deviant spellings too.
Last pronouncement I saw of hers was that the (only)plural of "forum" was
"fora" (per Webster, and her (US) English professor). Whilst (barely)
acceptable, it's defined as archaeic usage .... her rationale/lengthy
diatribe in correcting some poor (US) contributor who (correctly) used
"forums" had me ROTFL, too!

 

[Gordon]

Agreed!
I'm lucky, I guess, that Ms Perspicacia Tick (that self-proclaimed
defender of "English" language and usage in ng's) didn't get in on
this ... poor gal, she owns only the one dictionary (Webster) and
believes in it with faith both absolute and unwavering.
If some-one was kind to her, and gifted her a real one, she would
find not only correct spellings, but also the deviant spellings too.
Last pronouncement I saw of hers was that the (only)plural of "forum"
was "fora"

I have to say as someone with a Classical education I would use "fora" as
well! (But not viri as the plural of virus......)
;-)