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| 1110364 | 2010-06-14 23:30:00 | How does one change the storage location for favourites? Im using XP Pro and IE8 | GrahamB (750) | ||
| 1110365 | 2010-06-15 02:05:00 | They're part of IE. So, you can change the location. Or, are you talking about bookmarks (Which, you can export and import into a browser)? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1110366 | 2010-06-15 02:22:00 | If your concern is for backing up you can use the outstanding and free bookmarks/Favorites manager, Xmarks: http://www.xmarks.com/ It will back up your Favorites to the cloud and sync them between as many computers as you wish. Works with IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome. It's great. :) |
Vallis (8886) | ||
| 1110367 | 2010-06-15 04:35:00 | They're part of IE. So, you can change the location. Or, are you talking about bookmarks (Which, you can export and import into a browser)? Bookmarks and favourites are to my understanding, the same thing, just different browsers. Correct me if i'm wrong, please. Favourites are not saved within the IE file sysytem, but are saved under Documents & Settings for each User Account. It SHOULD be a piece of doddle to tell IE where to save them, just as you can tell Outlook and Outlook Express where to save emails, or DivX & RealPlayer where to save Videos! |
GrahamB (750) | ||
| 1110368 | 2010-06-15 04:38:00 | If your concern is for backing up you can use the outstanding and free bookmarks/Favorites manager, Xmarks: http://www.xmarks.com/ It will back up your Favorites to the cloud and sync them between as many computers as you wish. Works with IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome. It's great. :) I liked the sound of this, so I downloaded it and ran it. When I tried to Register, I got a script error pop-up from IE that would not go away, despite removing the programme and trying afresh. Then the xmarks website could only stick my question on to a public forum! So we will flag that one, but thanks for the thought! |
GrahamB (750) | ||
| 1110369 | 2010-06-15 05:01:00 | It SHOULD be a piece of doddle to tell IE where to save them You can move Favorites the same way you can move My docs. I always do this to keep my data on a separate partition from Windows. I haven't used XP for a while but the procedure is something like this: Right-click the "Favorites" icon in Windows Explorer Select Properties Move Browse to the new folder Click YES to move your Favorites. Sorry about you woes with Xmarks. I've never had a problem with it. Did you get the correct download for Windows? :( |
Vallis (8886) | ||
| 1110370 | 2010-06-15 05:02:00 | Should have mentioned. Create the new Favorites directory before going through the Move procedure. | Vallis (8886) | ||
| 1110371 | 2010-06-15 06:30:00 | Should have mentioned. Create the new Favorites directory before going through the Move procedure. Fortunately I had already done that, as I did the job before I read this post! Thanks for your previous one, it went slightly different than stated, but it worked and I would not have got there without your help. Many Thanks GrahamB :clap |
GrahamB (750) | ||
| 1110372 | 2010-06-15 07:44:00 | You're welcome. :) |
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