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This one was sent to me by Chris Caligari. He had purchased a new computer
and was trying to move his Cookies from his old computer to his new computer.
Why would anyone want to take their cookies with them? Aren't cookies
bad?
Cookies aren't bad (yeah right). Sometimes they do store your personal
settings for web sites, and maybe you don't want to have to go customize
your "experience" at some of the sites you visit.
Chris found the Import/Export favorites/cookies wizard in Internet
Explorer 5 (and 6 I think). This little wizard it's quick and simple
and works well (and it's from MS,
go figure - maybe they subcontracted this part out and "QC"
missed it).
Using the wizard is really self explanatory, but a lot of people don't
even know it's there (I didn't).
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Anyway, this is how it works:
- In Internet Explorer, go to File | Import and
Export... This will start the Wizard. Hit Next.
- Choose what you want to import or export.
*Note: You may want to import/export favorites ("bookmarks"
in Netscape) instead of simply copy/pasting
them because I think using import/export preserves the order in which
they appear in the menu (you do know you can rearrange the order of
your favorites right?).
- If you're exporting, select a file name or another browser to export
to.
If you're importing, browse to the file you selected (or another browser).
That's it!
More in-depth explanation (for those that want it):
The cookies are simple text files stored in a folder (usually C:\Windows\Cookies
or similar). To move them from one computer simply copying them from one
computer's Cookies folder to another doesn't work. Internet Explorer stores
some additional information in the index.dat file contained in the Cookies
folder. That file is locked by the OS since IE is "part of the OS"
right?
A side note for those that are wondering. The translucent menu above was
done in Photoshop, but you can have translucent menus in windows by using
WindowsFX from
Stardock.
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