How to save, find & backup Favorites or Bookmarks in IE 8.

March 25th, 2009 . Filed under: IE. Tags: IE, Tricks, Webslices

Mar 25th, 2009. Here are a few tips on how to find, save & backup Favorites or Bookmarks in Internet Explorer 8.

To save a website as Favorite, simply click on the Star icon and add it to the desired folder.

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To add it to the Favorites bar, click on the Star icon with the green arrow. It will create a bookmark for the current tab and place it on the Favorites tab. Rename them to what you wish.

The Favorites bar is the new name for the Links toolbar that was in previous versions of Internet Explorer. As before, you can drag web addresses from the Address bar to the Favorites bar, but now you can also drag links from webpages you are viewing.

You can also use the Favorites bar to monitor RSS feeds you’ve subscribed to, and to store your collection of WebSlices.

Under Windows 7 & Vista, Favorites are stored under: C:UsersUsernameFavorites

You can backup you browser settings, including favorites / bookmarks using the Import and Export wizard.

Open IE > File > Import and Export > Export > Next > Save in directory > Finish.

The default file name is “bookmark.htm”.

You can import this favs file anytime bak using the import option of the same wizard.