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Q157739: Winbm2fv.exe Does Not Work in Windows NT

Article: Q157739
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbtool
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to use the Windows Bookmarks to Favorites utility
(Winbm2fv.exe) inside Windows NT 4.0 to convert Netscape Navigator bookmarks to
Internet Explorer Favorites, the conversion program returns the following
message and fails:

  Internet Explorer Not Found

CAUSE
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The WINBM2FV utility is provided on the Microsoft BBS and ftp site, and does not
come with a readme file. The utility was designed to run with Windows 95. When
run from within Windows NT, the utility is unable to locate the Favorites folder
in the Winnt\Profiles\<USER> directory; therefore, it fails. There is no
browse capability in the utility to locate the Favorites folder.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this issue, perform one of the following steps:

- Use Internet Explorer 3.0 to open the Bookmark.htm file created in Netscape
  Navigator, which contains the Navigator bookmarks. In Internet Explorer, on
  the Favorites menu, click Add to Favorites. This will make all of the
  Navigator bookmarks easily accessible on one HTM page.

  -or-

- Manually add the bookmarks to the favorites list.

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  ARTICLE-ID: Q152681
  TITLE : How to Use Netscape Navigator Bookmarks in Internet Explorer

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent
of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
products performance or reliability.

Additional query words: prodnt
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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbtool 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : 4.0

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