Microsoft KB Archive/157739

= Winbm2fv.exe Does Not Work in Windows NT =

Article ID: 157739

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157739



SYMPTOMS
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
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\ 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.

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 * Manually add the bookmarks to the favorites list.



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

ARTICLE-ID: 152681

TITLE : How to Use Netscape Navigator Bookmarks in Internet Explorer

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