This article describes how to get Internet Explorer Favorites from another computer into your Firefox Bookmarks. If you want to copy Internet Explorer Favorites from the same computer, see Importing bookmarks and other data from Internet Explorer. If you want to copy Firefox Bookmarks from another computer, see Moving your Firefox bookmarks and settings.

To copy your Bookmarks/Favorites to another computer, you will have to export them from Internet Explorer, copy the file to the other computer, then import them into Firefox.

Table Of Contents

• Exporting from Internet Explorer
• Copying to another computer
• Importing into Firefox

Exporting from Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer on the computer that has the Favorites you want to export.
2. (Internet Explorer 7) Press the Alt key to show the menu bar.
3. At the top of the Internet Explorer window, click the File menu, and select Import and Export....
4. Click Next.
   
   
   
5. Choose Export Favorites and press Next.
   
   
   
6. You can choose to export all your Favorites or to only export a certain folder. To export them all, leave Favorites selected and press Next.
   
   
   
7. Select Export to a File or Address and choose a path where you can find them later. Click Next.
   
   
   
8. Click Finish.
   
   
   
9. On the dialog that appears, click OK.
   
   
   

Copying to another computer

Copy the file you created above to the other computer. You can do this by e-mail, over a network, with a USB drive, or whatever means you have.

Importing into Firefox