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I want to import my favorites from internet explorer, but under the File menu, impot is greyed out.

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RclayR
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Under the file menu on Firefox, the command "import" is greyed out; so I cannot get to the step of importing favorites. What do I do?

Under the file menu on Firefox, the command "import" is greyed out; so I cannot get to the step of importing favorites. What do I do?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Another option is to use IE to export your Favorites to an HTML file, and then you can import that using Bookmarks > Organizer.

In IE, use File > Import and Export... (that's the name in IE7, don't have IE8 on this PC)

More info for importing into Firefox: Importing Bookmarks from an HTML File

Any luck?

jerry_morris
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I am running Safari under OS X 10.6.4. No I.E.

cor-el
cor-el
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  • Make sure that you not run Firefox in Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history mode
  • In Private Browsing mode some menu items are disabled (grayed) and features like visited links are disabled and not showing
  • You are in Private Browsing mode if you see "Tools > Stop Private Browsing", possibly grayed


See Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Issues_related_to_Private_Browsing