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Q: I copied my IE favorites folder before restoring my PC. Now when I copy the links back to Favorites on the restored PC, the links don’t work. Is there a way to make these work even though I did not do the Export properly?

A: Generally speaking, there are two ways to restore favorites in Internet Explorer.

1. If you used File => Import and Export to backup your favorites, use the same command to restore your favorites. All of your favorites would have been saved as a single .htm file. Read the rest of this entry »

Q: I removed AOL 9.1 from my computer because it had become corrupted. I reloaded it AOL 9.1 onto my computer 1 week later and have lost all favorites. How do I or can I recover them?

Q: I copied my favorites folder before restoring my PC. Now when I copy the links back to Favorites on the restored PC, the links don’t work. Is there a way to make these work even though I did not do the Export properly (I’ve since realized)?

Q: How can I transfer favorites in Firefox 3 on an XP computer to Firefox 3 on a laptop with Vista? It was easy with IE doing the transfer.

A: In XP’s Firefox 3 go Bookmarks => Organize Bookmarks => Import and Backup => Export HTML. This will copy all of your bookmarks to a file. Copy that file to the hard drive of your Vista laptop using a CD-R, USB flash drive, or email. Then in Vista’s Firefox 3 go Bookmarks => Organize Bookmarks => Import and Backup => Import HTML => From an HTML File. Your imported bookmarks will be added to the Bookmarks Menu folder. Congratulations!

TIP: Internet Explorer can import files that have been created by Firefox’s Export HTML option.