I have a bookmark file that I exported to my D drive from my C Drive
some time back.
I want now to import it to my favorites in the IE6. When I do it finally
it says "not a valid bookmark file".
Please guide as to how I could add the file to my Favorite in the IE.
Thanking in advance.
dkb

Hi,

Well, I guess the file is not valid...

This is what you can do:
- export them again
- or copy the particular shortcuts (.url files) directly.
The Explorere Bookmarks are all contained in the folder Favorites - under
the Documents and Setting {User Name} folder .........
Copy the contents ofthat folder (the contents, not the folder itself).

Kind regards

Hans Le Roy
MS MVP Windows/IE
"dkb" <veshno@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:O02kd6GCGHA.736@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I have a bookmark file that I exported to my D drive from my C Drive
> some time back.
> I want now to import it to my favorites in the IE6. When I do it finally
> it says "not a valid bookmark file".
> Please guide as to how I could add the file to my Favorite in the IE.
> Thanking in advance.
> dkb

"dkb" <veshno@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:O02kd6GCGHA.736@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I have a bookmark file that I exported to my D drive from my C Drive some
>time back.
> I want now to import it to my favorites in the IE6. When I do it finally
> it says "not a valid bookmark file".
> Please guide as to how I could add the file to my Favorite in the IE.
> Thanking in advance.
> dkb


Is it an HTM or an HTML file?
If the latter, try removing the "L".

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com

Hi,
As I have already said that after exporting the bookmarks to my D-drive
I formatted the C-Drive so what to export? Tried to place a copy of the
contents of the folder (containing favoriets/bookmarks exported before
formatting which is an HTM document) into the favorites folder but with
no success.
Regards.
dkb

Hans Le Roy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well, I guess the file is not valid...
>
> This is what you can do:
> - export them again
> - or copy the particular shortcuts (.url files) directly.
> The Explorere Bookmarks are all contained in the folder Favorites - under
> the Documents and Setting {User Name} folder .........
> Copy the contents ofthat folder (the contents, not the folder itself).
>
> Kind regards
>
> Hans Le Roy
> MS MVP Windows/IE
> "dkb" <veshno@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O02kd6GCGHA.736@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>>I have a bookmark file that I exported to my D drive from my C Drive
>>some time back.
>>I want now to import it to my favorites in the IE6. When I do it finally
>> it says "not a valid bookmark file".
>>Please guide as to how I could add the file to my Favorite in the IE.
>>Thanking in advance.
>>dkb
>
>
>

Try exporting your current favorites to another file and compare it
with the HTML file you exported in the first place. It could be in the
first few lines, as you can see from the response below to the "not a
valid bookmark file" error.
(Yes, I know you didn't mention emailing the file, but it may be a
guide)
-------------
"Not a valid bookmark file" error
Created by saving an emailed favorites export using File-Save

Open the page in Notepad and remove this first line:

<!-- saved from url=(0022)http://internet.e-mail -->
------------

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html


On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:14:19 +0530, dkb <veshno@gmail.com> wrote:

>I have a bookmark file that I exported to my D drive from my C Drive
>some time back.
>I want now to import it to my favorites in the IE6. When I do it finally
> it says "not a valid bookmark file".
>Please guide as to how I could add the file to my Favorite in the IE.
>Thanking in advance.
>dkb