Not a Valid Bookmark File

I had the same trouble importing from IE7 XP and exporting into IE7 Vista. I
updated to IE8 and it worked

"Jim In Minneapolis" wrote:

> Nope. There is no "warning" like that. But thanks for the tip.
>
> "Donald Anadell" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Jim In Minneapolis" <> wrote in
> > message news:7BABFF64-D5DE-4850-8138-...
> > >I have "exported" my bookmarks from a PC running "Vista Home Basic."
> > >
> > > When I try to "import" that same file into a different PC running "Vista
> > > Ultimate", I get this ERROR MESSAGE: "Not a valid bookmark file".
> > >
> > > The file name is just the normal default name given by Internet Explorer
> > > when exporting: bookmark.htm
> > >
> > > I have tried exporting the bookmarks 3 times . . . and each time, the PC
> > > with "Vista Ultimate" refuses to acknowledge the file as being valid.
> > >
> > > NOTE: When I click on the [bookmark.htm] file with Microsoft Word, the
> > > file
> > > DOES look fine -- all the hyperlinks are there, etc.
> > >
> > > Have I done something wrong?
> > >
> > > Why doesn't the Ultimate PC allow me to import my favorites?
> >
> > Might have something to do with Zone Integrity if you transfered the
> > Bookmark.htm file from one machine to another.
> >
> > On the Target machine(where the Bookmark file does not work), right click on
> > the file and choose Properties. At the bottom of the General Tab do see
> > something like this?
> >
> > "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect
> > this computer"
> >
> > If so try clicking on the "Unblock" button to see if you can then import the
> > file into IE.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Donald Anadell
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
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> >