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09-29-2005, 09:51 AM
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Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04
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How to import Windows Favourite into linux?
how?
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09-29-2005, 10:39 AM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: London, England
Distribution: Ubuntu
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Are you talking about IE favourites being imported for use by a Linux web browser, or what?
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09-29-2005, 01:15 PM
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Registered: May 2004
Distribution: Slackware
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This might work:
1. Install the windows version of Firefox and import bookmarks
2. Run Linux
3. Access your windows partition from Linux
4. Copy the file Documents and Settings/"your_profile" /Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox /Profiles/lwivfwgt.default/bookmarks.html
to /home/"your_name" /.mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/lwivfwgt.default/bookmarks.html
5. Run Firefox
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09-29-2005, 05:04 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04
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ok, thanks
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09-29-2005, 06:07 PM
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Registered: May 2005
Distribution: Ubuntu with IceWM
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It may be even simpler than that once you use Windows' Firefox to import your IE favorites. You can just go to Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks > Export (in Windows), then in Linux go to Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks > Export.
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09-29-2005, 07:49 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04
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aysiu, ur solution is the best,thanks
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09-29-2005, 10:48 PM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: East Centra Illinois, USA
Distribution: Debian stable
Posts: 5,908
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Actually, it's easier than that. Seems to me that my wndoze partition named the file bookmarks.htm, and Mozilla named it bookmarks.html. I just copied the bookmarks.htm to Linux, deleted the Mozilla bookmarks.html, renamed the bookmarks.htm to .html, and I was in business. Should work just as well for Firefox.
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