Re: IE help...

From: 14tonks (mail.2.14tonks_at_recursor.net)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:30:32 -0500

Did you check the registry to see where IE currently thinks the Favorites
folder is for the user you are signed on as?

Have you checked to make sure that is the user you think it is? 

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"Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:33j3naF40kedqU1@individual.net...
> Tried that, too. I've got two hard drives here, with the second one
> used for backup storage.  I've dragged the files back and forth, as
> well as having just installed FireFox, which will only import
> whatever is showing in IE at the time.  The favorites already show
> up in the Windows "favorites" file.  IE just isn't paying any
> attention to them.
>
> Eliyahu
>
> "djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:YCYAd.1575$7N4.103@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> | Whenever I have reformatted here is what I have done to replace my
> | favorites. I copied the whole Favorites folder to another drive,
> computer,
> | whatever. Then once I reformatted and got the IE up and running, I
> just went
> | and copied the moved Favorites and pasted it back over the top of
> the new
> | Favorites under the Windows folder. If you know where your
> bookmarks are,
> | you can basically do the same thing. Just go copy your files of
> bookmarks,
> | then go to the Windows folder under C drive and right click on
> Favorites and
> | hit paste.
> |
> | Dani
> |
> | "Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> | news:33j26gF3u38fgU1@individual.net...
> | > Already tried that, but it's only designed to let you import
> them
> | > from another browser; not from a computer file. I can import
> them
> | > one bookmark at a time that way, but I've got over a thousand
> sites
> | > to import. (I do a lot of online research here at work...)
> | >
> | > Eliyahu
> | >
> | > "djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> | > news:l8YAd.1559$7N4.1038@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> | > | Try this Eli:
> | > |
> | > |
> | >
> |
>
http://support.earthlink.net/mu/1/psc/img/walkthroughs/windows_9x_nt/browsers/ie_5.0/0312.4bv.import.psc.html
> | > |
> | > | Dani
> | > |
> | > | "Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> | > | news:33j0eaF3vm8rjU1@individual.net...
> | > | > I'm stumped...  Yesterday, I installed my copy of Outlook 98
> on
> | > this
> | > | > computer at work.  Can't get the boss to spring for a newer
> | > version,
> | > | > so I used my old one.  I'm not sure if this has any relation
> to
> | > the
> | > | > problem, but it's the only thing I've changed. Went to MS
> | > | > immediately and downloaded all of the security updates, etc.
> | > | > Now, when I open Internet Explorer, all of my bookmarks are
> | > gone.
> | > | > They're still in the computer, and I can find them with
> | > Explorer,
> | > | > right where I left them, but I draw a blank when I've got IE
> up
> | > and
> | > | > running.  Any ideas?
> | > | >
> | > | > Eliyahu
> | > | >
> | > | >
> | > |
> | > |
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
>
>

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