Saving Favourites in Google Chrome

Dagwood · Post by **Dagwood** » 02 May 2012 22:06

Having downloaded Chrome to my Notepad to overcome problems using Internet Explorer I noticed all my Favourites and search history were missing. The history not having been saved has, I imagine, gone forever but the Favourites I eventually found in the C drive under Users>Favourites.
Can anyone advise me how to copy these into Chrome without having to enter each URL into Chrome, then open and save to a bookmark folder?
Whilst my Notepad has relatively few Favourites I would like to change to Chrome on my PC and there are about a hundred or so on there and I am holding off doing so until I know how to transfer them, if this is possible.
Dagwood

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Post by **nsw** » 02 May 2012 22:19

Try this Google search

Dagwood · Post by **Dagwood** » 02 May 2012 23:33

Perfect! Why didn't I think of doing that search? Many thanks Nick
Dagwood

johnmorrisoniom · Post by **johnmorrisoniom** » 03 May 2012 09:32

When you Install chrome on your PC, it will ask you if you want to copy your favourites and bookmarks into chrome.
These will then appear in a folder on the bookmarks bar called 'Imported From IE'

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 03 May 2012 10:10

I am a big fan of the XMarks plugin, as it keeps my bookmarks, history etc syncronised between all my different computers, phone and tablet and different browsers on the same machine.

I also like it's sister program LassPass for the same reason.

Dagwood · Post by **Dagwood** » 03 May 2012 14:02

John, Jane, thanks for those tips. I hadn't seen the prompt re importing Favourite etc when I downloaded to the Notepad however following Nick's link I see it has appeared on the toolbar now. I'll watch out for that when I download Chrome to my PC later today.
Thanks to all of you
Dagwood[smile]

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