Import or export favorites in Internet Explorer
The information in this Help topic applies to Windows Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Internet Explorer 8.
Favorites, also known as bookmarks, are a convenient way to organize and find webpages that you visit frequently.
If you use Internet Explorer on several computers, you can save your favorites from one computer and then import that list to another computer.
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Follow these steps on the computer that you're exporting your favorites from.
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Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button 
, and then clicking Internet Explorer.
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Click the Favorites button, click the arrow next to the Add to Favorites button, and then click Import and Export.
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In the Import/Export Settings dialog box, click Export to a file, and then click Next.
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Select the Favorites check box, and then click Next.
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Select the folder that you want to export your favorites from, and then click Next.
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By default, Internet Explorer creates a file called bookmark.htm in your Documents folder. If you want to use a name other than bookmark.htm or to store the exported favorites in a folder other than Documents, specify the new file and folder name.
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Click Export. If you already have a file by the same name, Internet Explorer will ask you to replace it. Click Yes if you want replace the file or click No and type a new file name.
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Click Finish.
Note
If the folder you select cannot be written to, such as another user's Documents folder, the export will fail. Retry the export with another folder.
Follow these steps on the computer that you're exporting your favorites from.
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Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Internet Explorer.
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Click the Add to Favorites button 
, and then click Import and Export.
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In the Import/Export Wizard, click Next.
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Select Export Favorites, and then click Next.
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Select the favorites folder that you want to export. If you want all of your favorites, select the top level (Favorites) folder, otherwise, select the individual folder. Click Next.
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By default, Internet Explorer creates a file called Bookmark.htm in your Documents folder. If you want to use a name other than Bookmark.htm or to store the exported favorites in a folder other than Documents, specify the new file and folder name.
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Click Next. If you already have a file by the same name, Internet Explorer will ask you to replace it. Click Yes if you want replace the file or click No and type in a new file name.
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Click Finish.
Follow these steps on the computer that you want to import your favorites to.
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Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Internet Explorer.
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Click the Favorites button, click the arrow next to the Add to Favorites button, and then click Import and Export.
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In the Import/Export Settings dialog box, click Import from a file, and then click Next.
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Select the Favorites check box, and then click Next.
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By default, Internet Explorer imports from a file called bookmark.htm in your Documents folder, but you can tell it to import favorites that are saved under another name. Click Browse and select a file, or type a location and file name to import, or click Next to accept the default.
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Select the folder where you want to place the imported favorites, and then click Import.
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Click Finish.
Follow these steps on the computer that you want to import your favorites to.
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Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Internet Explorer.
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Click the Add to Favorites button , and then click Import and Export.
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In the Import/Export Wizard, click Next.
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Select Import Favorites, and then click Next.
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By default, Internet Explorer imports from a file called Bookmark.htm in your Documents folder, but you can tell it to import favorites that are saved under another name. Click Browse and select a file, or type a location and file name to import, or click Next to accept the default.
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Select the folder where you want place the imported bookmarks, and then click Next.
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Click Finish.
Notes
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To share or move favorites from one computer to another, export or copy the Bookmark.htm file to a disk or flash drive. You can then import your favorites from the disk or flash drive to the new computer.
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Favorites from previous versions of Internet Explorer can be imported into this version.
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To print your list of favorites, open Bookmark.htm in Internet Explorer and then click the Print button 
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