importing a favorites file

G

Guest

I am trying to update my favorites by importing favorites from another computer. I am getting a message "Not a valid bookmark file".
 
A

Alan Edwards

"Not a valid bookmark file" error
Created by saving an emailed favorites export using File-Save

Open the page in Notepad and remove this first line:

<!-- saved from url=(0022)http://internet.e-mail -->

....Alan
 
G

Guest

I exported it using the export function in explorer,,,,the header info is here
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><!-- This is an automatically generated file
It will be read and overwritten
Do Not Edit! --><HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE><META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type><META content="MSHTML 5.00.3813.800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD><BODY

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How did you save the file from the other computer
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JC wrote
 
G

Guest

Alan

Here is the header information of the saved file...should I delete the first line
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><!-- This is an automatically generated file
It will be read and overwritten
Do Not Edit! --><HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE><META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type><META content="MSHTML 5.00.3813.800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD><BODY>
 
A

Alan Edwards

No. It does not have the line I mentioned.
It is different to any exports I make.
Outline the steps you took to get the file from one computer to
another.

....Alan
 
G

Guest

I followed the import/export wizard....Find, import and export and then the wizard takes you through how the process goes

----- Alan Edwards wrote: ----

No. It does not have the line I mentioned
It is different to any exports I make
Outline the steps you took to get the file from one computer t
another

....Ala
 
A

Alan Edwards

You are missing the point.
I know how the wizard works.
I want to know exactly what you did to get the file from one computer
to another.
You didn't just import and export. You must have exported first,
somehow got that file to the other computer and then imported.

Please outline your steps exactly or I cannot determine what has gone
wrong.

....Alan

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In microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "JC"
 
A

Alan Edwards

That looks OK at first glance but perhaps we are talking a different
language?
I don't understand the relevance of your mention of a new folder when
you are only dealing with one small HTML file.

Did you actually use File-Export to create the file you say you
exported?
Why a CD? I don't see that as a problem but a bookmark.htm file is
quite small (mine is only 130K)

....Alan
 

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