IE 9 - save favorites sort order?

[Goatman88]

Does anybody know if there's any way to save the sort order for favorites in IE 9?

I have a user with a lot of favorites that he has manually sorted. Whenever we have to change him to a new computer or reload his existing machine he has to manually re-sort them again. Is there any way to save his manual sort order so it can be re-applied?

 

[cdogg]

I believe you actually have to use the export feature in IE. This will create a backup of the favorites in an .htm file that should preserve the sort order.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211089

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[Goatman88]

I'll give that a try.

Thanks!

 

[linney]

How to manage your favorites in Internet Explorer 9

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-to-manage-your-favorites-in-Internet-Explorer-9

Manually rearranging them might be the only avauilable option in IE?

How to stop Internet Explorer 9 from rearranging Favorites in alphabetical order? All other tips posted do not help.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...4b?msgId=cfb23d0b-81d8-4c62-953d-e3a455f1cb3e

 

[Goatman88]

Thanks for the reply linney.

I've seen both links.

The first link is pretty generic and doesn't address the issue. The second is an entirely different issue.

Thanks for the input just the same.

 

[Nelviticus]

IE saves the sort order in this registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites

Either back that up and import it to the new build after restoring the favourites, or install XMarks which handles it all for you.

Nelviticus