Merge Favorites from Different Machines?

[Dr. Michael E. Steele]

I've got a couple of machines running IE 6 and they all have slightly
different sets of favorites. Is there a relatively easy way to merge the
different sets of favorites so I end up with one inclusive set of favorites
that I can use on each machine? Does IE have the facility to do this? Is
there a freeware utility floeating around that would accomplish this?

Many thanks!!

 

[Alan Edwards]

Have you tried using File-Export and creating a single html file to
use on the other computers with File-Import?

....Alan

 

[Dr. Michael E. Steele]

Yes, but each computer will export a different HTML file and I still won't
have a merger of all the URL's from each computer. There'll be quite a bit
of duplication from each machine, but there will be importnat differences
too. I'd like to end up with one cleaned up, merged list.

 

[Opinicus]

Yes, but each computer will export a different HTML file and I still won't
have a merger of all the URL's from each computer. There'll be quite a bit
of duplication from each machine, but there will be importnat differences
too. I'd like to end up with one cleaned up, merged list.

How about reading all the links into an Excel file (one to a
row), sorting, and eliminating duplicates?

 

[Dr. Michael E. Steele]

Thanks for the input.

I thought of that, in a rather nebulous fashion (or of doing some sort of
database manipulation), but couldn't figure out how to preserve folders
within the process. I have a pretty structured set of favorites, all in
respective folders (e.g., a Onenote folder with related sites/urls).
Everything I contemplate loses folder structure, which I really want to
preserve. Make sense?

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Dr Steele - Haven't tried this, but it should solve your problem.

Export and save to a floppy/CD/whatever from each machine's IE a
Favorites.html file using the Wizard in File|Import and Export. Now use
Merge on each machine: http://merge.sourceforge.net/README.html You'll
need to be sure that you make the same one the master on both to wind up
with the same result. Now Import the resultant on each machine using the
Wizard.
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[Dr. Michael E. Steele]

I will give the aforementioned article a read and then the precedure a
whirl. I thank you for your assist, my friend.

Mike

 

[Jim Byrd]

YW, hope it works for you as advertised.

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