Transfering Favourites to another pc

chatta

All summer I have used my daughter's wireless laptop, she going to steal it away from me Friday to go back to uni.:mad: I have saved many links and sites that I have found here into the favourites. Now I would like them on the other pc we use. I have looked in help in windows and I think I have to export them to disc. Has anybody got any better ideas, I dont have a memory stick, Can I email them to other pc ???? Or do I just use a dvd or cd (bit wasteful) Thanks for any ideas you might have :A I guess a cd is pretty cheap, but if I can do it for free it would be more MSE If I put them on disc is it easy to then get them on the other pc?

albertross_2

If you are just talking about a few .url files, zip them up into a .zip file, and mail them.

If you have a floppy disk, they would probably fit on it.

If the PC's are linked on a network, you could do it that way.

You just copy the .url files into your favorites folder.

chatta

albertross wrote:

If you are just talking about a few .url files, zip them up into a .zip file, and mail them. Do I have to zip them I would have to download winzip or something, which i could do if I had to.

If you have a floppy disk, they would probably fit on it. There is no a:

If the PC's are linked on a network, you could do it that way. Never managed to make the pc's see each other (not clever enough)

You just copy the .url files into your favorites folder.

Ok thanks

I

paint

chatta wrote:

All summer I have used my daughter's wireless laptop, she going to steal it away from me Friday to go back to uni.:mad: I have saved many links and sites that I have found here into the favourites. Now I would like them on the other pc we use. I have looked in help in windows and I think I have to export them to disc. Has anybody got any better ideas, I dont have a memory stick, Can I email them to other pc ???? Or do I just use a dvd or cd (bit wasteful) Thanks for any ideas you might have :A I guess a cd is pretty cheap, but if I can do it for free it would be more MSE If I put them on disc is it easy to then get them on the other pc?

On the occasions I've done this I've used the utility you mention (i.e. open the Internet Explorer browser > file > Import and Export and followed the prompts). It just saves your favourites as a file called bookmark.htm. I've then sent an email with bookmark.htm as an attachment, which I've then saved to my new PC and have then used the same Import Export utility to import them to the new PC. Very straightorward - you shouldn't have any problems .

Rhyburgh

What about using an online storage space for your bookmarks like:

https://www.getmarks.com

You store all your links online and then you can retrieve them from anywhere - that might be a solution

chatta

Rhyburgh wrote:

What about using an online storage space for your bookmarks like:

www.getmarks.com

You store all your links online and then you can retrieve them from anywhere - that might be a solution

That sounds like a good idea, I did follow the import export thing that was in windows, I copied it and saved it as bookmark file. I emailed the file to other computer and got an error message saying it was an invalid bookmark file :mad: :mad: So I opened the email where I could see the shortcuts and one by one moved them to favourites (I won't be beaten) I will add your link to my favourites for when my daughter comes home at Christmas thanks for that

paul_h

Quick way...

Go to... Start Menu -> My Computer -> Local Disk ( C: ) -> Documents and Settings

Then double click on your username. Copy the 'Favourites' file onto a disc or USB pen, then paste it in the exact same place on the new computer.

If it says 'These files are hidden' when you open the C: drive, click on 'Show the content of this folder'.

Job done.:j

alanrowell

paint wrote:

It just saves your favourites as a file called bookmark.htm. I've then sent an email with bookmark.htm as an attachment

It's also a good way to get access to all your favorites when on holiday as if you open it it gives you a web page with all your favorites on it.