How to Create a Text File of Web Addresses in Favorites Folder

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to create a text file that contains a list of the Web addresses of the Internet shortcuts in your Internet Explorer Favorites folder.

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To create a text file that contains a list of the Web addresses of the Internet shortcuts in your Favorites folder, follow these steps:

Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
In the Named box, type *.url.
In the Look In box, type <path>\favorites, where <path> is the path to your Favorites folder. By default, the Favorites folder is located in the C:\Windows folder in Windows 95 and the C:\Winnt\Profiles\<username> folder in Windows NT.
Click Find Now.
On the Edit menu, click Select All.
On Edit menu, click Copy.
Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer or Windows NT Explorer.
Click drive C.
On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.
Type myurls, and then press ENTER.
Double-click the Myurls folder.
On the Edit menu, click Paste.
Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt or Command Prompt.
Type the following commands at the command prompt, pressing ENTER after each line:
cd \ cd myurls copy *.url url.txt
To view the list of Web addresses of the Internet shortcuts in your Internet Explorer Favorites folder, open the Url.txt file in any text editor (such as Notepad).

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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