Open Old URL Shortcuts

I have old website shortcuts from Chrome that I want to open in IE. How can
I do this?

Oreally

On 25/08/2017 20:49, OREALLY wrote:


I have old website shortcuts from Chrome that I want to open in IE.
How can I do this?

Oreally


This is very difficult. You'll need to hire somebody to help you by
sitting next to you. This is not something you can do on your own
especially you are pretty much new to computers and internet.

where did you steal the machine from?


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OREALLY wrote:
I have old website shortcuts from Chrome that I want to open in IE. How
can I do this?

Chrome - hamburger/3dot icon/ Bookmarks/ Bookmark manager/ Organize/
Export bookmarks to html file

IE/ if you have a Menu bar, use File/ Import from a file - import that
html file

If your IE doesn't have a menu bar, R click the area where it would be
and check the menu bar.

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Mike Easter

On 8/25/2017 12:49 PM, OREALLY wrote:


I have old website shortcuts from Chrome that I want to open in IE. How can
I do this?

Oreally


The other answers in this thread seem to be referring to bookmarks (also
known as "favorites") and not to URL shortcuts.

A URL shortcut is a file with the extension .URL. It is usually created
by dragging from your browser's address area (URI field) or from a tab
and dropping either onto your desktop or into a folder.

The following applies without regard to what brand of browser created
the URL shortcut. The format for URL shortcuts has not changed since
the days of Windows 95 or earlier. Thus, an old URL shortcut should
work the same as a new one. If you double-click on a URL shortcut while
IE is already running, it should open a new window in IE with the Web
page for the shortcut. If you drag a URL shortcut and drop it into the
window of IE, it will cause IE to display the shortcut's Web page. If
you double-click on a URL shortcut while no browser is currently
running, your default browser should launch with the display of the
shortcut's Web page.

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David E. Ross
http://www.rossde.com/

Yes, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other
"founding fathers" owned slaves. However, they created
a nation. Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Thomas
"Stonewall" Jackson and other "heroes" of the
Confederacy tried to tear the nation apart. Statues
and other monuments to those "heroes" of the
Confederacy actually celebrate traitors and treason.

See my http://www.rossde.com/editorials/edtl_conf_flag.html.

David E. Ross wrote:
A URL shortcut is a file with the extension .URL. It is usually created
by dragging from your browser's address area (URI field) or from a tab
and dropping either onto your desktop or into a folder.

Chrome has a function in its gear/ more tools/ add to desktop (which I
had never noticed) which puts a URL shortcut on the desktop.

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Mike Easter

OREALLY wrote:


I have old website shortcuts from Chrome that I want to open in IE. How
can I do this?

Oreally

What do the Properties say ?

Is the URL in the shortcut visible when you do properties on
the icon ?

It all depends on how a browser stores those. The old-fashioned
way was to use separate files for each shortcut (and a desktop.ini
file with a shell32 call, would present the contents in a
particular way in File Explorer).

The new way is to use a database file, a single file holds all
the shortcuts. Then, the software can "display" the database content,
any way it feels like.

You can drop a database into a hex editor and read the contents
that way.

https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

Some database types, there is a separate tool which will
do a ".dump" operation. This generates a text file in CSV
format.

*******

Now, if you're referring to bookmarks, Chrome supports an Export function.
Try opening the output in Notepad or another text editor, once the
Export is complete. Have a look at what info is included. as an HTML
file, you could load the file in IE and click on stuff, but only
if the file was prepared and formatted for that purpose.

http://ccm.net/faq/31791-how-to-back...rome-bookmarks

(Same info, bottom of page...)

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en

Paul

Here's the issue: If you have desktop Website shortcuts created in Chrome
they will open in Chrome, of course. But if you (for any reason) uninstall
Chrome, those shortcuts will no longer open in IE, or Chrome...even if you
reinstall Chrome!. Copying the URL from the "Target" window from properties
will not open the site in either Chrome or IE! This can be a problem if you
have many Website shortcuts that you previously created in Chrome. I hope
that clears up the issue. Maybe I missed the solution?

"Paul" wrote in message news
OREALLY wrote:


I have old website shortcuts from Chrome that I want to open in IE. How
can I do this?

Oreally

What do the Properties say ?

Is the URL in the shortcut visible when you do properties on
the icon ?

It all depends on how a browser stores those. The old-fashioned
way was to use separate files for each shortcut (and a desktop.ini
file with a shell32 call, would present the contents in a
particular way in File Explorer).

The new way is to use a database file, a single file holds all
the shortcuts. Then, the software can "display" the database content,
any way it feels like.

You can drop a database into a hex editor and read the contents
that way.

https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

Some database types, there is a separate tool which will
do a ".dump" operation. This generates a text file in CSV
format.

*******

Now, if you're referring to bookmarks, Chrome supports an Export function.
Try opening the output in Notepad or another text editor, once the
Export is complete. Have a look at what info is included. as an HTML
file, you could load the file in IE and click on stuff, but only
if the file was prepared and formatted for that purpose.

http://ccm.net/faq/31791-how-to-back...rome-bookmarks

(Same info, bottom of page...)

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en

Paul

OREALLY wrote:
Here's the issue: If you have desktop Website shortcuts created in
Chrome they will open in Chrome, of course. But if you (for any reason)
uninstall Chrome, those shortcuts will no longer open in IE, or
Chrome...even if you reinstall Chrome!. Copying the URL from the
"Target" window from properties will not open the site in either Chrome
or IE! This can be a problem if you have many Website shortcuts that you
previously created in Chrome. I hope that clears up the issue. Maybe I
missed the solution?


My problem is, I don't have a Chrome handy.

I have one set up here somewhere, but the test machine is
"busy" right now doing Windows Insider updates on Win10
and it's been faffing about all day. I have to clear that
muck off the machine first, before I can do anything :-)

Maybe I'll get a chance to make my own shortcuts and see.

Paul

On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 20:34:10 -0700, OREALLY wrote:
Here's the issue: If you have desktop Website shortcuts created in Chrome
they will open in Chrome, of course. But if you (for any reason) uninstall
Chrome, those shortcuts will no longer open in IE, or Chrome...even if you
reinstall Chrome!. Copying the URL from the "Target" window from properties
will not open the site in either Chrome or IE! This can be a problem if you
have many Website shortcuts that you previously created in Chrome. I hope
that clears up the issue. Maybe I missed the solution?

If you've uninstalled Chrome and its user profile data has been deleted, the
URL might already been lost.

This is because Chrome's desktop shortcut for a bookmark is converted into a
bookmark app as a web browser extension. Chrome's extension data is stored
in a file called "Secure Preferences" in the user profile folder. Chrome's
desktop shortcut points to a Chrome app's ID.

That "Secure Preferences" file must be recovered first, before you can
salvage an URL from a bookmark app.

On 8/25/2017 8:34 PM, OREALLY wrote [in part]:
It all depends on how a browser stores those. The old-fashioned
way was to use separate files for each shortcut (and a desktop.ini
file with a shell32 call, would present the contents in a
particular way in File Explorer).

The new way is to use a database file, a single file holds all
the shortcuts. Then, the software can "display" the database content,
any way it feels like.

Windows 7
SeaMonkey 2.48

I have the latest version of SeaMonkey, based on Firefox 51.0. It still
creates a separate file for each URL shortcut. I can drag the shortcut
into an IE window, and IE then displays the Web page for that shortcut.

If I use Wordpad to open a shortcut file, I see its URI.

--
David E. Ross
http://www.rossde.com/

Yes, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other
"founding fathers" owned slaves. However, they created
a nation. Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Thomas
"Stonewall" Jackson and other "heroes" of the
Confederacy tried to tear the nation apart. Statues
and other monuments to those "heroes" of the
Confederacy actually celebrate traitors and treason.

See my http://www.rossde.com/editorials/edtl_conf_flag.html.

Mike Easter wrote:
David E. Ross wrote:
A URL shortcut is a file with the extension .URL. It is usually
created by dragging from your browser's address area (URI field) or
from a tab and dropping either onto your desktop or into a folder.

Chrome has a function in its gear/ more tools/ add to desktop (which
I had never noticed) which puts a URL shortcut on the desktop.

Actually it is a .lnk that calls for chrome to open and run a specific
'app-id' from its default profile.

So, that link wouldn't be useful if one's browser weren't Chrome with
its profile wherever that is.


--
Mike Easter