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trouble importing favorites from IE to Mozilla

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cubboy
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I tried to import my favorites from IE to Mozilla by follwoing the instructions and it did say that they were successfully imported, but when I go to the internet explorer folder under the "bookmarks" tab, it it empty. Please help. thanks. mike

I tried to import my favorites from IE to Mozilla by follwoing the instructions and it did say that they were successfully imported, but when I go to the internet explorer folder under the "bookmarks" tab, it it empty. Please help. thanks. mike

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Try doing it this way.

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

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

cubboy
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Thanks...but nothing happens in Mozilla when I click on Organize Bookmarks, from the bookmark tab...very frustrating...thanks though.

cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

Other things that need attention:

Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.

  1. Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 8.2.5
  2. Shockwave Flash 10.1 r85
  3. Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_14 for Mozilla browsers

Update the Adobe Reader plugin to the latest version.

Update the Flash plugin to the latest version.

Update the Java plugin to the latest version.