Importing Favorites (Bookmarks) into a browser

[Darin Perusich]

install netscape or mozilla on windows and use the import feature to 
import your IE settings, mail, bookmarks, etc. then you can copy the 
bookmarks.html created by either of these tools into 
$HOME/.mozilla/$USER/folder_with_funky_name/ and you'll be all set.

Joe wrote:
> Is there an easy way to import Favorites from IE 5.5 (Windoze) into a 
> Linux browser (Mozilla, Konqueror, or Galeon, I don't care which yet)?  
> IE 5.5 keeps them in a directory tree c:/windows/favorites/... in 
> separate funky files with a .url extention (they're not html).  They 
> look like:
> 
> [DEFAULT]
> BASEURL=http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/
> 
> [InternetShortcut]
> URL=http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/
> Modified=E0D0F47D4CDFC2010F
> 
> and I have a whole lot of them.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> 


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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com