Re: Import IE *.url bookmarks into Firefox

Matt Nordhoff <[email protected]> Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:00:20 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.unix
Organization Another Netscape Collabra Server User
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 10/23/05 17:00, Darryl Gerbrandt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a set of Internet Explorer *.url bookmarks from work that I need 
> to import into my Firefox browser on Fedora Core 4. I have FTP'd the 
> files into my *nix filesystem, so they are physically available, but the 
> Bookmark Manager doesn't recognize the filetype.
> 
> Any ideas on how I could accomplish this?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Darryl Gerbrandt

Yeah, I guess Firefox wouldn't be expecting IE bookmarks on *nix.

Honestly, I'm not sure how you can do it. I know -- This is a few steps, 
but import your IE bookmarks into Firefox on Windows, and them export 
them via the Firefox Bookmarks Manager, and import that file on Linux.

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