Lost IE favorites upgrading from W98 to XP

External Since: Aug 17, 2004 Posts: 111

I upgraded a neighbor's system for them (W98->XP) and the XP IE didn't retain
their favorites. Anyway to find or import them from the old W98 folder still
on the hard drive?
Thanks, Jay

External Since: May 08, 2004 Posts: 716

Windows 9x stores the favorites in C:\Windows\Favorites path, whereas in
Windows 2000/XP it's within the user profile homepath. Move the files *.URL
and folders from C:\Windows\Favorites to %Userprofile%\Favorites

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

"Jay" wrote in message

I upgraded a neighbor's system for them (W98->XP) and the XP IE didn't
retain
their favorites. Anyway to find or import them from the old W98 folder
still
on the hard drive?
Thanks, Jay