Importing bookmarks twice. Duplicates eliminated?

What happens if I import my favorites from IE5 in win98SE,
C:\Windows\favorites , to IE6 in XP, on the same harddrive, twice?

Once last May and once today. A lot of the bookmarks will be the
same, because they were also there last May. Will they show up twice
in XP, or will duplicates be eliminated?

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:26:11 -0500, mm <>
wrote:

>What happens if I import my favorites from IE5 in win98SE,
>C:\Windows\favorites , to IE6 in XP, on the same harddrive, twice?
>
>Once last May and once today. A lot of the bookmarks will be the
>same, because they were also there last May. Will they show up twice
>in XP, or will duplicates be eliminated?

I have managed to create duplicate bookmarks using other procedures so
I don't believe there is a general purpose "duplicate checker".
Whether the import function has a special purpose one is easy enough
to test:
Export your current favorites (for later recovery if needed).
Import your IE5 favorites.
Check for duplicates or any other undesirable conditions.
Decide if you want to keep the current set of favorites (with
whatever manual adjustments you choose to make).
If not, delete all bookmarks, import the ones that were saved
in step 1, and think about what to do next. (I usually create a
special "import" folder, import to that, and then use the organizer to
move things to their desired locations.)

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