Transferrinh Favorites from XP

[WhoDunIt]

I bought my wife a new laptop, sadly, it only was offered with Vista Home
Premium.
I connected it to my network and am trying to copy the Favorites folder from
her old XP machine to the new machine.
I did manage to get the folder copied to the C drive of the new machine, but
I thought the Favorites folder was in Documents & Settings/username/ folder
Vista thinks no one should have access to that folder even though the login
name has admin rights.
How do I get the Fav folder put in the right spot for her?

And why was MS so stupid with re-arranging everything in Vista?
The hackers & crackers will figure out the new arrangement in short order,
so calling it Security is not a valid excuse IMO.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

I bought my wife a new laptop, sadly, it only was offered with Vista Home
Premium.
I connected it to my network and am trying to copy the Favorites folder
from her old XP machine to the new machine.
I did manage to get the folder copied to the C drive of the new machine,
but I thought the Favorites folder was in Documents & Settings/username/
folder
Vista thinks no one should have access to that folder even though the
login name has admin rights.
How do I get the Fav folder put in the right spot for her?

And why was MS so stupid with re-arranging everything in Vista?
The hackers & crackers will figure out the new arrangement in short order,
so calling it Security is not a valid excuse IMO.

It's quite easy really. Just replace Documents and Settings with Users.
The new locations make much more sense and makes backing up much easier.

ss.

 

[Malke]

I bought my wife a new laptop, sadly, it only was offered with Vista Home
Premium.
I connected it to my network and am trying to copy the Favorites folder from
her old XP machine to the new machine.
I did manage to get the folder copied to the C drive of the new machine, but
I thought the Favorites folder was in Documents & Settings/username/ folder
Vista thinks no one should have access to that folder even though the login
name has admin rights.
How do I get the Fav folder put in the right spot for her?

(snip rant)

C:\Users\%username%\Favorites. Either copy the Favorites to it or copy
the Favorites folder to her Documents in C:\Users\%username%\Documents
and use the Import function in whatever browser she likes instead.

Information on Junctions by MVP Jimmy Brush - "Many folders used by
earlier versions of Windows have been moved to a new location or given a
new name in Windows Vista. However, the old folders can still be seen if
you have enabled Show Hidden Files. Notice they are displayed with a
transparent icon and a shortcut symbol.

"Although these look like folders, they are actually what is known as a
junction. Junctions behave like shortcuts, but look just like regular
folders. Their purpose is to silently redirect programs that access them
to their Windows Vista equivalent.

"Since junctions aren't really folders, it is not possible to access
them, and any attempt to do so will give you an "Access Denied" error."

For more information, use the search term "junctions" in Vista's Help.


Malke

 

[WhoDunIt]

thanks, maybe 'users' makes more sense to someone, but changing the name of
system folders and adding 'junctions' that go nowhere makes no sense to me.
I have emailed Dell asking them for an XP upgrade.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

thanks, maybe 'users' makes more sense to someone, but changing the name
of system folders and adding 'junctions' that go nowhere makes no sense to
me.
I have emailed Dell asking them for an XP upgrade.

It's actually one of the few things that are actually better in Vista
compared with XP.

ss.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

WhoDunit

The easiest way to transfer the Favorites is to use the built-in options in
IE. Open IE in the old computer and select File/Import and Export. Follow
the wizard to export the Favorites. They will be saved as a Bookmark.htm
file. Move the file to the new system and perform the same function except
use the Import Favories.