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Favourites from PC to Laptop?

lancs-lady_2
lancs-lady_2 Posts: 198 Forumite
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Hi we have just got a new laptop and all our favourites are on our pc. Is there an easy way to transfer them from our pc to our laptop please? They are on IE and Firefox.

Thanks
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  • Dussed
    Dussed Posts: 129 Forumite
    What versions of windows are each pc running?
    - David
  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    mozbackup is good for mozilla programmes (Firefox and Thunderbird)
    .....

  • lancs-lady_2
    lancs-lady_2 Posts: 198 Forumite
    They are both Vista.
    St. Francis said: “A man who uses his hands is a laborer. One who uses his hands and mind is a craftsman. He who uses his hands, and his mind, and his heart is an artist.”
  • S0litaire
    S0litaire Posts: 3,535 Forumite
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    chek your "C:/users/<username>/" folder for one called "Favourites" that's where IE store the bookmarks/favourites you can copy paste the folder to another machine and IE will have all the same bookmarks.

    also some info here:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211089
    Laters

    Sol

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  • Figment
    Figment Posts: 2,643 Forumite
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    The latest version of Firefox has a synch feature which (as long as both machines have internet access) will do exactly what you want.

    (I cannot confirm whether synch works on Vista, but it ought to)
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  • Dave_C_2
    Dave_C_2 Posts: 1,827 Forumite
    To add to Figment's post above, here's how to sync Firefox.

    Dave
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    S0litaire wrote: »
    chek your "C:/users/<username>/" folder for one called "Favourites" that's where IE store the bookmarks/favourites you can copy paste the folder to another machine and IE will have all the same bookmarks.

    also some info here:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211089

    Agreed, but you may find the folder called "Favorites" (American spelling) ....
  • -TangleFoot-
    -TangleFoot- Posts: 4,673 Forumite
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    S0litaire wrote: »
    chek your "C:/users/<username>/" folder

    Alternatively, paste the following into the Explorer address bar. 
    %UserProfile%\Favorites
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,470 Forumite
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    And Firefox goto bookmarks --> show all bookmarks --> then export/backup save to disk then copy that to the lappy and do the above except change export/backup to import
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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 30 May 2012 at 9:40PM
    IE, file, export, export to a file, favorites

    on new laptop, create the windows cd if it didn't come with one, and do a system image backup, and recovery disc, if you want to prepare for a time when you may need them.
    !!
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