Something Wicked This Way Comes » Internet Explorer http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-administration Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:27:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Windows Batch File to Backup Internet Explorer Favorites http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-administration/windows-batch-file-to-backup-internet-explorer-favorites/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-administration/windows-batch-file-to-backup-internet-explorer-favorites/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:14:20 +0000 Dave Raffo http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/system-administration/?p=36 Here is a quick batch file I wrote to copy Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites to another location. Fill in the BACKUPPATH variable and stick it in a Group Policy logon (or logoff) script to make sure that users have a backup of the bookmarks.

@echo off
rem -----------------------------------------------------------------
rem backup-iefavs.bat
rem Copies Internet Explorer Favorites to another location
rem written by Spencer Kuziw (s.kuziw-at-epic-dot-ca)
rem -----------------------------------------------------------------

rem VARIABLES
rem Path to Backup Location (no quotes necessary for log names)
rem can be a local path or UNC
set BACKUPPATH=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Very Long Name This Is

:copy
xcopy "%USERPROFILE%\favorites" "%BACKUPPATH%\favorites" /i /t /y
xcopy "%USERPROFILE%\favorites" "%BACKUPPATH%\favorites" /e /i /y

:eof
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