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Backup auto complete URLs in Internet Explorer

by Steve Wiseman on October 23, 2007 · 2 comments

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When I move a user to a new machine I like to move everything. Yes it sounds obvious. But I like to get down to that last detail, that others seem to pass off as unimportant.

For example, I explained a few weeks ago on how to backup and restore the auto complete data in Outlook. In that vein I would like to show you how to do the same with Internet Explorer.

I am amazed (When I didn’t move this stuff over) how many times users wanted to know where their ‘bookmarks’ were. Yes, you guessed it – their bookmarks were the auto complete URLs. When I start to explain that those aren’t their bookmarks…well the eyes glaze over.

Backup Restore Auto Fill Internet Explorer 1

To get to the auto complete data, you will need to open regedit. Drill down to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLS

If you select it, you will see a complete list of all the auto complete URLs on the right.

Auto Fill Links Registry

Now that it is selected, click on the file menu and export the key. Save the exported key on a flash drive, or a network share. It needs to be put somewhere you can get to it on the other system

Export Registry

Once on the new computer, you can simply open regedit and import the key. Next time you restart Internet Explorer it will have the original auto complete URLs.

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1 Havey Morgan January 13, 2010 at 2:59 pm

Thanks I needed that. I have a glazed over boss who wants his urls back from his old computer.

2 Matt November 30, 2011 at 7:23 pm

Thanks for the fix . There are so many users at my company that save their ‘FAVORITES’ in autocomplete in IE and are completely clueless on adding a site to bookmarks.

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