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Hello people,
I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer 6.x. I
does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and it would take
too much time to do it a single bookmark at time. Where does IE store
bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the garbage at once? I
could export everything and edit that by hand but when I import them back in
they will just get appended! If it is not possible to edit bookmarks by hand
is there a utility that allows me to select more than one bookmark at a time
and delete them?
Thanks,
Erica
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On May 14, 12:45 pm, "Poster" <ericarams...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hello people,
> I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer 6.x. I
> does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and it would take
> too much time to do it a single bookmark at time. Where does IE store
> bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the garbage at once? I
> could export everything and edit that by hand but when I import them back in
> they will just get appended! If it is not possible to edit bookmarks by hand
> is there a utility that allows me to select more than one bookmark at a time
> and delete them?
>
> Thanks,
> Erica
They are stored in:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Windows XP User name>\Favorites
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[Quoted Text] > Where does IE store
> bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the garbage at once?
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Favorites
To open your Favorites folder...
Start | Run | Type: favorites | Click OK
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:sPCdnWSzaLq2D9XbnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d[ at ]wideopenwest.com,
Poster <ericaramsey1[ at ]gmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hello people,
> I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer 6.x. I
> does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and it would
I
> could export everything and edit that by hand but when I import them back
> in they will just get appended! If it is not possible to edit bookmarks
> by hand is there a utility that allows me to select more than one
> bookmark at a time and delete them?
>
> Thanks,
> Erica
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Poster wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hello people,
> I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer
> 6.x. I does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and
> it would take too much time to do it a single bookmark at time. Where
> does IE store bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the
> garbage at once? I could export everything and edit that by hand but
> when I import them back in they will just get appended! If it is not
> possible to edit bookmarks by hand is there a utility that allows me
> to select more than one bookmark at a time and delete them?
C:\Documents and Settings\Erica\Favorites
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I just tested that in IE7. I made multiple deletions from my favorites
folder after backing it up to another folder. When I refresh favorites with
a copy of my favorites from my backup folder everything was still
there...worked fine
Dave
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > > Where does IE store
> > bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the garbage at once?
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Favorites
>
> To open your Favorites folder...
> Start | Run | Type: favorites | Click OK
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:sPCdnWSzaLq2D9XbnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d[ at ]wideopenwest.com,
> Poster <ericaramsey1[ at ]gmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Hello people,
> > I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer 6.x. I
> > does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and it would
> I
> > could export everything and edit that by hand but when I import them back
> > in they will just get appended! If it is not possible to edit bookmarks
> > by hand is there a utility that allows me to select more than one
> > bookmark at a time and delete them?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Erica
>
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In article <sPCdnWSzaLq2D9XbnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d[ at ]wideopenwest.com>,
ericaramsey1[ at ]gmail.com says...
[Quoted Text] > Hello people,
> I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer 6.x. I
> does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and it would take
> too much time to do it a single bookmark at time. Where does IE store
> bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the garbage at once? I
> could export everything and edit that by hand but when I import them back in
> they will just get appended! If it is not possible to edit bookmarks by hand
> is there a utility that allows me to select more than one bookmark at a time
> and delete them?
>
> Thanks,
> Erica
>
>
>
Hold down shift and click on organize favorites in I.E. It will bring
the favorites up in explorer. You can do what you want with it at that
point.
Dave Smith
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smlunatick pretended :
[Quoted Text] > On May 14, 12:45 pm, "Poster" <ericarams...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello people,
>> I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer 6.x. I
>> does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and it would take
>> too much time to do it a single bookmark at time. Where does IE store
>> bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the garbage at once? I
>> could export everything and edit that by hand but when I import them back in
>> they will just get appended! If it is not possible to edit bookmarks by hand
>> is there a utility that allows me to select more than one bookmark at a time
>> and delete them?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Erica
>
> They are stored in:
> C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Windows XP User name>\Favorites
after deleting/sorting into folders,
use a great frwr program
http://www.listsoft.com/13275
to convert into a lil html clickable file for use. :)
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On May 15, 1:29 am, Dave Smith <wetink...[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > In article <sPCdnWSzaLq2D9XbnZ2dnUVZ_jWdn...[ at ]wideopenwest.com>,
> ericarams...[ at ]gmail.com says...> Hello people,
> > I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer 6.x. I
> > does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and it would take
> > too much time to do it a single bookmark at time. Where does IE store
> > bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the garbage at once? I
> > could export everything and edit that by hand but when I import them back in
> > they will just get appended! If it is not possible to edit bookmarks by hand
> > is there a utility that allows me to select more than one bookmark at a time
> > and delete them?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Erica
>
> Hold down shift and click on organize favorites in I.E. It will bring
> the favorites up in explorer. You can do what you want with it at that
> point.
> Dave Smith
Yep, I was just going to say if you go to your C:\Documents and
Settings\<user>\ folder and set Explorer to "Show hidden files and
folders" in folder options, you'll see a Favorites folder with a star
icon. If you click into that, every one of your favorites will show up
as a seperate file, and you can use shift, control or "lassoing" with
the mouse to do whatever you want.
This little folder is also very useful when you need to backup/restore
IE bookmarks, but you didn't get the chance to export them to an HTML
file (like when Windows goes down for the count, and all you've got is
a hard drive full of data that won't boot). I've found that I can copy
the entire contents of the folder, zip them or whatever, move them to
another computer, and paste every file straight into the hidden
"Favorites" folder, and voila-all favorites are intact.
(I think if you DO get to export them that the HTML file is smaller
than the Favorites folder, though, so it's the preferred method if you
can. Also, the only version I've tested this with is IE 7, not sure at
all if/how it works with older versions.)
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Hey savedR ill bet you can tell a newbie how to copy bookmarks from one user
to another??
"savedR" <savedR[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1179862216.274349.86590[ at ]u30g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
[Quoted Text] > On May 15, 1:29 am, Dave Smith <wetink...[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote:
>> In article <sPCdnWSzaLq2D9XbnZ2dnUVZ_jWdn...[ at ]wideopenwest.com>,
>> ericarams...[ at ]gmail.com says...> Hello people,
>> > I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer 6.x.
>> > I
>> > does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and it would
>> > take
>> > too much time to do it a single bookmark at time. Where does IE store
>> > bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the garbage at once?
>> > I
>> > could export everything and edit that by hand but when I import them
>> > back in
>> > they will just get appended! If it is not possible to edit bookmarks by
>> > hand
>> > is there a utility that allows me to select more than one bookmark at a
>> > time
>> > and delete them?
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > Erica
>>
>> Hold down shift and click on organize favorites in I.E. It will bring
>> the favorites up in explorer. You can do what you want with it at that
>> point.
>> Dave Smith
>
> Yep, I was just going to say if you go to your C:\Documents and
> Settings\<user>\ folder and set Explorer to "Show hidden files and
> folders" in folder options, you'll see a Favorites folder with a star
> icon. If you click into that, every one of your favorites will show up
> as a seperate file, and you can use shift, control or "lassoing" with
> the mouse to do whatever you want.
>
> This little folder is also very useful when you need to backup/restore
> IE bookmarks, but you didn't get the chance to export them to an HTML
> file (like when Windows goes down for the count, and all you've got is
> a hard drive full of data that won't boot). I've found that I can copy
> the entire contents of the folder, zip them or whatever, move them to
> another computer, and paste every file straight into the hidden
> "Favorites" folder, and voila-all favorites are intact.
>
> (I think if you DO get to export them that the HTML file is smaller
> than the Favorites folder, though, so it's the preferred method if you
> can. Also, the only version I've tested this with is IE 7, not sure at
> all if/how it works with older versions.)
>
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BOB wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hey savedR ill bet you can tell a newbie how to copy bookmarks from
> one user to another??
First Newbie, learn this:
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
Then I'll answer your 'bookmarks' question.
>
>
> "savedR" <savedR[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1179862216.274349.86590[ at ]u30g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>> On May 15, 1:29 am, Dave Smith <wetink...[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> In article <sPCdnWSzaLq2D9XbnZ2dnUVZ_jWdn...[ at ]wideopenwest.com>,
>>> ericarams...[ at ]gmail.com says...> Hello people,
>>>> I wanted to clean up my favorites, bookmarks in Internet Explorer
>>>> 6.x. I
>>>> does not allow me to select multiple files to delete them and it
>>>> would take
>>>> too much time to do it a single bookmark at time. Where does IE
>>>> store bookmarks do I can edit it by hand and delete all the
>>>> garbage at once? I
>>>> could export everything and edit that by hand but when I import
>>>> them back in
>>>> they will just get appended! If it is not possible to edit
>>>> bookmarks by hand
>>>> is there a utility that allows me to select more than one bookmark
>>>> at a time
>>>> and delete them?
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Erica
>>>
>>> Hold down shift and click on organize favorites in I.E. It will
>>> bring the favorites up in explorer. You can do what you want with
>>> it at that point.
>>> Dave Smith
>>
>> Yep, I was just going to say if you go to your C:\Documents and
>> Settings\<user>\ folder and set Explorer to "Show hidden files and
>> folders" in folder options, you'll see a Favorites folder with a star
>> icon. If you click into that, every one of your favorites will show
>> up as a seperate file, and you can use shift, control or "lassoing"
>> with the mouse to do whatever you want.
>>
>> This little folder is also very useful when you need to
>> backup/restore IE bookmarks, but you didn't get the chance to export
>> them to an HTML file (like when Windows goes down for the count, and
>> all you've got is a hard drive full of data that won't boot). I've
>> found that I can copy the entire contents of the folder, zip them or
>> whatever, move them to another computer, and paste every file
>> straight into the hidden "Favorites" folder, and voila-all favorites
>> are intact. (I think if you DO get to export them that the HTML file is
>> smaller
>> than the Favorites folder, though, so it's the preferred method if
>> you can. Also, the only version I've tested this with is IE 7, not
>> sure at all if/how it works with older versions.)
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