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Firefox does not import favorites from Internet Explorer even though I follow Firefox's step-by-step instructions

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Snoozekitty
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I have followed the step-by-step instructions for importing bookmarks from Internet Explorer, but it does not work. There is no problem when I follow the procedure for importing bookmarks from Google Chrome. Any ideas? Thanks.

I have followed the step-by-step instructions for importing bookmarks from Internet Explorer, but it does not work. There is no problem when I follow the procedure for importing bookmarks from Google Chrome. Any ideas? Thanks.

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cor-el
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If there are problems with importing the IE Favorites in Firefox then export the favorites in IE to an HTML file and import that file in the Firefox Bookmarks Manager.

If you do not have the menu bar in IE then right-click the toolbar at the top to enable the Menu Bar.

  • Export the favorites in IE to an HTML file (bookmarks.html):
    File > Import and Export
  • Import the HTML file in Firefox:
    Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks > Import & Backup > Import Bookmarks from HTML

See "Import from another browser" and "Import from file":