Re: Importing Favorites From Floppy In Plain English.

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From: PA Bear (PABearMVP_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:26:58 -0500

Copy the file from the floppy to the HDD of the new machine, remove any Read
Only attribute if may have and then Import it.

Description of the Import/Export Wizard That Is Included with Internet
Explorer 5.0 or Later:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;221523

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm 

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Felix West wrote:
> I can copy, not export, favorites from my old laptop to a floppy. I am not
> able to copy, export, the favorites from the floppy to the favorites on my
> new laptop. There's nothing in the Import/Export wizard that lets me do 
> this
> directly. From the posts I've read this seems to be a real problem.

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