moderated Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use
Barbara <batterseye@...>
Hello David,
I like your idea below. I have been using both Firefox and Internet Explorer. I recently installed Chrome. I placed on my desktop a link to the Internet Explorer Favorites list folder. So now I can use this same list for both of the browsers. However when I tried to use this with Chrome, it did not work. I got garbage for web results. Do I need to change the Favorites file format for Chrome? Is there a specific method I must use to access the desktop folder? Some other ideas?
I am using a Windows 7 computer.
Thanks.
Barbara Home of the 2019 Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues
From: main@jfw.groups.io on behalf of David Kingsbury <davidkingsbury77@...> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2019 3:18 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: bookmarks chrome RE: best web browser to use with JAWS?
Hello,
There is a nice and easy way to deal with bookmarks in Chrome, favorites in IE, etc. Personally, I think that accessing and managing bookmarks in Chrome in Firefox is very clunky. By contrast, it is extremely easy to access and manage favorites in IE.
If you create a desktop shortcut for your favorites folder, you can open the favorites in whatever browser you have chosen as your default. I have Chrome as my default browser, maintain all my favorites in IE, and open them from the desktop with Chrome. I make no effort to maintain bookmarks in Chrome or Firefox, And in Windows 10, it is very easy to change your default browser via the Control Panel.
Regards, David
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dennis
i use ie to make bookmarks on the
desktop. then i use waterfox as my defalt brouser and they open
that way. the same would be for krome or firefox. On 7/5/2019 2:13 PM, Barbara wrote:
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John Covici
This works with amy browser, hilight the URL by doing alt-d and ctrl-a
and then copy to the clipboard using ctrl-c. Now go to that favorites folder and do alt-h-w-s and paste the URL into the edit box, hit next and name the shortcut. On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:13:57 -0400, Barbara wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@...
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Barbara <batterseye@...>
OK. I am not sure I was clear enough with my first inquiry. I am not
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copying a specific web site, but an entire folder of them. Smile. Barbara
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From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of John Covici Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 3:29 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Cc: jfw@groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use This works with amy browser, hilight the URL by doing alt-d and ctrl-a and then copy to the clipboard using ctrl-c. Now go to that favorites folder and do alt-h-w-s and paste the URL into the edit box, hit next and name the shortcut. On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:13:57 -0400, Barbara wrote: the Internet Explorer Favorites list folder. So now I can use this same list for both of the browsers. However when I tried to use this with Chrome, it did not work. I got garbage for web results. Do I need to change the Favorites file format for Chrome? Is there a specific method I must use to access the desktop folder? Some other ideas?-- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@...
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Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
So is this folder of shortcuts on your hard drive?
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You probably could copy and paste the folder on to your desktop. Or, create a shortcut to the folder and put it on the desktop. I didn't catch the beginning of this thread. Later, Richard Arthur C. Clarke's third law says: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." (Sent from the magical iPhone SE) www.turner42.com
On Jul 5, 2019, at 1:43 PM, Barbara <batterseye@...> wrote:
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Barbara <batterseye@...>
I think your questions are clarified if you are able to read the entire
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thread which is included below. Barbara
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From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 3:53 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use So is this folder of shortcuts on your hard drive? You probably could copy and paste the folder on to your desktop. Or, create a shortcut to the folder and put it on the desktop. I didn't catch the beginning of this thread. Later, Richard Arthur C. Clarke's third law says: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." (Sent from the magical iPhone SE) www.turner42.com On Jul 5, 2019, at 1:43 PM, Barbara <batterseye@...> wrote:the shortcut.
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Gudrun Brunot
Barbara: Are you asking how to put your favorites structure on your desktop?
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I think Favorites is stored under c:\users\Barbara or whatever your user name is on your system. When you're there, just hit f for Favorites, and send it to the desktop. On the desktop, find Favorites, and create the shortcut key. Now, you can create folders and subfolders to your heart's content. I certainly do. Sometimes, you find that a certain favorites should have been in another folder or subfolder than the one you originally placed it in. Gudrun Please note my new email of brunotgudrun@...
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Barbara Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 1:44 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use OK. I am not sure I was clear enough with my first inquiry. I am not copying a specific web site, but an entire folder of them. Smile. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of John Covici Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 3:29 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Cc: jfw@groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use This works with amy browser, hilight the URL by doing alt-d and ctrl-a and then copy to the clipboard using ctrl-c. Now go to that favorites folder and do alt-h-w-s and paste the URL into the edit box, hit next and name the shortcut. On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:13:57 -0400, Barbara wrote: the Internet Explorer Favorites list folder. So now I can use this same list for both of the browsers. However when I tried to use this with Chrome, it did not work. I got garbage for web results. Do I need to change the Favorites file format for Chrome? Is there a specific method I must use to access the desktop folder? Some other ideas?-- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@...
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Steve Nutt
This won't work for Chrome of course, because it stores favourites in the
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registry. But to manually add a favourite to your desktop, just create a text file, give it the extension .url, put in a URL, save it to the desktop and you're done. Your default browser will load it. All the best Steve
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gudrun Brunot Sent: 12 July 2019 13:34 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use Barbara: Are you asking how to put your favorites structure on your desktop? I think Favorites is stored under c:\users\Barbara or whatever your user name is on your system. When you're there, just hit f for Favorites, and send it to the desktop. On the desktop, find Favorites, and create the shortcut key. Now, you can create folders and subfolders to your heart's content. I certainly do. Sometimes, you find that a certain favorites should have been in another folder or subfolder than the one you originally placed it in. Gudrun Please note my new email of brunotgudrun@... -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Barbara Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 1:44 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use OK. I am not sure I was clear enough with my first inquiry. I am not copying a specific web site, but an entire folder of them. Smile. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of John Covici Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 3:29 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Cc: jfw@groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use This works with amy browser, hilight the URL by doing alt-d and ctrl-a and then copy to the clipboard using ctrl-c. Now go to that favorites folder and do alt-h-w-s and paste the URL into the edit box, hit next and name the shortcut. On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:13:57 -0400, Barbara wrote: the Internet Explorer Favorites list folder. So now I can use this same list for both of the browsers. However when I tried to use this with Chrome, it did not work. I got garbage for web results. Do I need to change the Favorites file format for Chrome? Is there a specific method I must use to access the desktop folder? Some other ideas?-- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@...
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Sieghard Weitzel <sieghard@...>
But Chrome has a function under More to create a desktop shortcut and you could then manually move this shortcut into a folder.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Nutt Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 1:55 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use This won't work for Chrome of course, because it stores favourites in the registry. But to manually add a favourite to your desktop, just create a text file, give it the extension .url, put in a URL, save it to the desktop and you're done. Your default browser will load it. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gudrun Brunot Sent: 12 July 2019 13:34 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use Barbara: Are you asking how to put your favorites structure on your desktop? I think Favorites is stored under c:\users\Barbara or whatever your user name is on your system. When you're there, just hit f for Favorites, and send it to the desktop. On the desktop, find Favorites, and create the shortcut key. Now, you can create folders and subfolders to your heart's content. I certainly do. Sometimes, you find that a certain favorites should have been in another folder or subfolder than the one you originally placed it in. Gudrun Please note my new email of brunotgudrun@... -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Barbara Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 1:44 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use OK. I am not sure I was clear enough with my first inquiry. I am not copying a specific web site, but an entire folder of them. Smile. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of John Covici Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 3:29 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Cc: jfw@groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use This works with amy browser, hilight the URL by doing alt-d and ctrl-a and then copy to the clipboard using ctrl-c. Now go to that favorites folder and do alt-h-w-s and paste the URL into the edit box, hit next and name the shortcut. On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:13:57 -0400, Barbara wrote: the Internet Explorer Favorites list folder. So now I can use this same list for both of the browsers. However when I tried to use this with Chrome, it did not work. I got garbage for web results. Do I need to change the Favorites file format for Chrome? Is there a specific method I must use to access the desktop folder? Some other ideas?-- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@...
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Steve Nutt
True, I forgot about that. Thanks.
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All the best Steve
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: 17 July 2019 16:30 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use But Chrome has a function under More to create a desktop shortcut and you could then manually move this shortcut into a folder. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Nutt Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 1:55 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use This won't work for Chrome of course, because it stores favourites in the registry. But to manually add a favourite to your desktop, just create a text file, give it the extension .url, put in a URL, save it to the desktop and you're done. Your default browser will load it. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gudrun Brunot Sent: 12 July 2019 13:34 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use Barbara: Are you asking how to put your favorites structure on your desktop? I think Favorites is stored under c:\users\Barbara or whatever your user name is on your system. When you're there, just hit f for Favorites, and send it to the desktop. On the desktop, find Favorites, and create the shortcut key. Now, you can create folders and subfolders to your heart's content. I certainly do. Sometimes, you find that a certain favorites should have been in another folder or subfolder than the one you originally placed it in. Gudrun Please note my new email of brunotgudrun@... -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Barbara Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 1:44 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use OK. I am not sure I was clear enough with my first inquiry. I am not copying a specific web site, but an entire folder of them. Smile. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of John Covici Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 3:29 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Cc: jfw@groups.io Subject: Re: Placing Bookmark File on Desktop for Browser Use This works with amy browser, hilight the URL by doing alt-d and ctrl-a and then copy to the clipboard using ctrl-c. Now go to that favorites folder and do alt-h-w-s and paste the URL into the edit box, hit next and name the shortcut. On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:13:57 -0400, Barbara wrote: the Internet Explorer Favorites list folder. So now I can use this same list for both of the browsers. However when I tried to use this with Chrome, it did not work. I got garbage for web results. Do I need to change the Favorites file format for Chrome? Is there a specific method I must use to access the desktop folder? Some other ideas?-- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@...
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