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Import data from another browser - Only few IE9 favorites get transfered to bookmarks. HTML solution - HTML file all favorites correct, but same result

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Win7 / IE9: First time use. Example: One favorites folder has 4 HTML entries - only 2 get transferred. Some have none transfered - folder empty. Others have random correct + some missing.

Win7 / IE9: First time use. Example: One favorites folder has 4 HTML entries - only 2 get transferred. Some have none transfered - folder empty. Others have random correct + some missing.

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Monday Nght I can see complete IE9 Favorites HTML list in HTML file on Desktop with Firefox -> New Tab -> Open File.-> Open . In desktop HTML file, there are 37 IE9 folders with no more than nesting 3 deep in any one top folder. These are all correct wrt IE9 favorites.

All top folders + deepest nests are copied to FF ok. Contents random. Copied contents work ok

7 HTML web sites not allocated to IE9 top folders are also copied <- these 7 copy to FF and work ok

Example: First folder in IE9 list has no nesting., IE9 has 4 entries - Firefox has only 2. when either method of copying is used.

BTW - please advise how I can delete whole Bookmark list in Firefox in one keystroke to be able to retry with a clean Bookmark list

I am going to uninstall Firefox and start again with a clean copy and use HTML method only to try to transfer IE( files. I will report result.

BTW, I am in UK on UK time - hence delays in replying - need to sleep sometimes!!!!!

Tuesday Evening

Hi

I uninstalled Firefox. Re installed and loaded IE9 favorites from HTML file.

All seem copied correctly

First time I started by using the "import data from another browser". Partial copied. Then I tried "Import from HTML file" without deleting whatever favorites had been copied. Still partial copied.

All seems well.

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Do you see all the bookmarks (IE favorites) if you open the HTML file in a Firefox tab via Firefox > New File > Open File?

Sometimes importing can fail if there are too many folders nested.

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Chosen Solution

Monday Nght I can see complete IE9 Favorites HTML list in HTML file on Desktop with Firefox -> New Tab -> Open File.-> Open . In desktop HTML file, there are 37 IE9 folders with no more than nesting 3 deep in any one top folder. These are all correct wrt IE9 favorites.

All top folders + deepest nests are copied to FF ok. Contents random. Copied contents work ok

7 HTML web sites not allocated to IE9 top folders are also copied <- these 7 copy to FF and work ok

Example: First folder in IE9 list has no nesting., IE9 has 4 entries - Firefox has only 2. when either method of copying is used.

BTW - please advise how I can delete whole Bookmark list in Firefox in one keystroke to be able to retry with a clean Bookmark list

I am going to uninstall Firefox and start again with a clean copy and use HTML method only to try to transfer IE( files. I will report result.

BTW, I am in UK on UK time - hence delays in replying - need to sleep sometimes!!!!!

Tuesday Evening

Hi

I uninstalled Firefox. Re installed and loaded IE9 favorites from HTML file.

All seem copied correctly

First time I started by using the "import data from another browser". Partial copied. Then I tried "Import from HTML file" without deleting whatever favorites had been copied. Still partial copied.

All seems well.

Modified by MalcolmAlberry

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You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox Profile Folder if importing doesn't work properly.