Firefox Bookmarks to IE Favorites

[betwalk]

Hello-

I am a happy convert from IE to Firefox. I have found, though, that
there are some instances when I still need to use IE. I downloaded and
use the IE View extension when I need to switch over and it works
really well.

I find, predictably, that when I am working hard, I sometimes forget
that I have switched over to IE and get confused that my Favorites are
not the same as my Bookmarks in Firefox. Also, I now use Firefox so
much more, that I don't bother, really, to maintain my Favorites
anymore.

What I'd like is to maintain all of my Bookmarks in Firefox, making
that the standard. I'd like to delete my existing Favorites in IE
(easy to do) and import my bookmarks from Firefox, maybe on a weekly
basis. I have run through the IE Import wizard a few times trying to
import the bookmarks.htm file that I have found in these two places.

c:\program files\mozilla firefox\defaults\profile
and
....documents and settings\local service\application
data\mozilla\firefox\profiles

In each case the result is an error converting the bookmarks.

Is what I'd like to do possible?

 

[Jim]

What I'd like is to maintain all of my Bookmarks in Firefox, making
that the standard. I'd like to delete my existing Favorites in IE
(easy to do) and import my bookmarks from Firefox, maybe on a weekly
basis. I have run through the IE Import wizard a few times trying to
import the bookmarks.htm file that I have found in these two places.

c:\program files\mozilla firefox\defaults\profile
and
...documents and settings\local service\application
data\mozilla\firefox\profiles

In each case the result is an error converting the bookmarks.

Is what I'd like to do possible?

There is a Firefox extension that will do this: SyncMarks:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensio...on=firefox&category=Bookmarks&numpg=10&id=350

But it hasn't been updated for FF 1.5. There are ways around this, but I
use PlainOldFavorites, which allows Firefox to use your Favorites directly:

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensio...on=firefox&category=Bookmarks&numpg=10&id=668

I prefer Favorites, as each link is a file. Mozilla/Firefox's Bookmarks are
all stored in 1 file, so I don't trust that it won't get cross-linked or
overwritten and then all your sites are gone!

 

[bambam]

I prefer Favorites, as each link is a file. Mozilla/Firefox's
Bookmarks are all stored in 1 file, so I don't trust that it won't get
cross-linked or overwritten and then all your sites are gone!

But of course we all have backups, so it doesn't matter that much.

 

[Steve H]

There is a Firefox extension that will do this: SyncMarks:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensio...on=firefox&category=Bookmarks&numpg=10&id=350

But it hasn't been updated for FF 1.5. There are ways around this, but I
use PlainOldFavorites, which allows Firefox to use your Favorites directly:

This is the one I use - I find too that option to move and otherwise
arrange IE's favorites from the actual menu to be a convenience I
don't want to do without.

Regards,

 

[jmatt]

"There is a Firefox extension that will do this: SyncMarks:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefo...
But it hasn't been updated for FF 1.5. There are ways around this, but
I
use PlainOldFavorites, which allows Firefox to use your Favorites
directly:"

http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/buildid/nightly.html
Allows you to force the application to believe an extension is
compatible with the current version and enable it. (Only works on
recent builds of Firefox and Thunderbird, branch and trunk since
20/08/2005).

 

[betwalk]

Thanks for all these replies. I can see that most of you prefer to use
PlainOldFavorites and I see why. Before implementing that, I'd like to
be sure that I can get my Favorites up to par with my Bookmarks. Since
I started using Firefox, I've been doing all my organizing in that, not
IE.

Best way to do that?

Using PlainOldFavorites, can I manipulate my Favorites from Firefox?
Or do I have to add, delete, rename and such from IE?

Thanks again for your feedback...

 

[Azzman]

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Thanks for all these replies. I can see that most of you prefer to use
PlainOldFavorites and I see why. Before implementing that, I'd like to
be sure that I can get my Favorites up to par with my Bookmarks. Since
I started using Firefox, I've been doing all my organizing in that, not
IE.

Best way to do that?

Just a shot in the dark:
How about importing your Firefox bookmarks in IE (file>import/export, and
after that importing your IE favorites into Firefox ?

 

[Steve H]

Thanks for all these replies. I can see that most of you prefer to use
PlainOldFavorites and I see why. Before implementing that, I'd like to
be sure that I can get my Favorites up to par with my Bookmarks. Since
I started using Firefox, I've been doing all my organizing in that, not
IE.

Best way to do that?

Using PlainOldFavorites, can I manipulate my Favorites from Firefox?
Or do I have to add, delete, rename and such from IE?

You can do everything bar move the favourites via the click and hold
method.
Clicking on 'Organize Favorites' opens up the list with the Firefox
organizer.

Regards,

 

[betwalk]

Hi Azzman-

Thanks for the reply, but ... As mentioned in my first post, that does
not work. Hence this thread. If I could import into IE, I'd be done
by now. My problem lies in the fact that IE does not recognize the
bookmarks.htm file and now that my Favorites are substantially old and
out of date, I want the Firefox list moved over to IE some other way.

 

[betwalk]

That's great! Can I use PlainOldFavorites to move my Firefox bookmarks
over to IE Favorites? I tried SyncMark and it did not do the job.
Probably due to the out of date version as mentioned in Jim's post...

 

[jmatt]

Another way.
K-Meleon
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
How do I use my existing Internet Explorer Favorites?
K-Meleon automatically locates your Internet Explorer Favorites when it
is run with the Favorites plugin enabled. Your Favorites are shared
between K-Meleon and Internet Explorer.

 

[Steve H]

That's great! Can I use PlainOldFavorites to move my Firefox bookmarks
over to IE Favorites? I tried SyncMark and it did not do the job.
Probably due to the out of date version as mentioned in Jim's post...

I don't know...is the short answer!
I was incorrect in my last post...when you click on Organize Favorites
it opens up the IE organizer...I thought for a moment you'd be able to
simply copy stuff across.

Regards,

 

[betwalk]

Okay.

I got it.

I realized that IE Favorites does not like to import an HTML file, but
does okay with HTM files. So, instead of importing directly from the
mozilla folder where the bookmarks are named with an HTML extension, I
copied that file to my desktop, changed the extension to HTM and then
imported that to IE.

Done.

Whew!

 

[Jim]

Thanks for all these replies. I can see that most of you prefer to use
PlainOldFavorites and I see why. Before implementing that, I'd like to
be sure that I can get my Favorites up to par with my Bookmarks. Since
I started using Firefox, I've been doing all my organizing in that, not
IE.

Best way to do that?

IE's import/export wizard:
http://www.comcast.com/Support/Corp1/FAQ/FaqDetail_2269.html

Using PlainOldFavorites, can I manipulate my Favorites from Firefox?
Or do I have to add, delete, rename and such from IE?

Adding/deleting/organizing of Favorites can be done from within Firefox when
using PlainOldFavorites.