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Imported favorite bookmarks from IE and now all links are to BBC news

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drswainston
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I downloaded and installed Firefox, imported favorites/bookmarks from IE running Windows 7, and now all the bookmarks that seemed to have been imported point to BBC news link. Any suggestions?

I downloaded and installed Firefox, imported favorites/bookmarks from IE running Windows 7, and now all the bookmarks that seemed to have been imported point to BBC news link. Any suggestions?

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the-edmeister
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Open the Firefox SafeMode and select Delete all bookmarks except for backups, then Continue in SafeMode.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

Then close Firefox. Open IE and use File > Import/Export - Export to HTML file and save that file to the Desktop. Close IE.

Then open Firefox and open Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Import HTML... = From HTML file and select that file you saved on the Desktop .

Hopefully that method will work better.

drswainston
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Thank you "the-edmeister"! Your method solved the problem. Excellent.