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okmarks folder located in the C drive?

AnonymousUser
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i want to copy all my favorites sites from the favorites folder in IE to firefox...where is the booksmark folder located in my computer? e.g. (program files, my documents, mozilla folder)

i want to copy all my favorites sites from the favorites folder in IE to firefox...where is the booksmark folder located in my computer? e.g. (program files, my documents, mozilla folder)

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You can't just "copy" your Favorites into a Firefox file, Firefox stores that data in a different format than IE uses.

In IE: File > Import/Export - Export to HTML file

then in Firefox: Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Import HTML... = From HTML file

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the-edmeister
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You can't just "copy" your Favorites into a Firefox file, Firefox stores that data in a different format than IE uses.

In IE: File > Import/Export - Export to HTML file

then in Firefox: Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Import HTML... = From HTML file