Reading IE's favourites?

boombanguk

Hi,

Probably completely wrong forum to ask this in, but wasn't sure where to start.

Is it possible to read/get the favourites/bookmarks that someone has in their internet explorer favourites folder? maybe using php/javascript or something?

thanks for any help
boombanguk

nemonoman

No. PHP resides on a server, and can't talk to the desktop. Browsers aren't allowed to talk to the desktop. There might be some facility in VBscript for IE to talk to the favoriites folder, but I doubt it. It would be dangerous in the extreme.

boombanguk

it seems weird though, because with JS you can save a URL to your favourites correct? but theres nothig to do the reverse?

bradgrafelman

As nemonoman mentions, I highly doubt there's any real solution to do this; it's too much of a security risk. I don't think any website needs to know what websites I visit frequently...

Weedpacket

boombanguk wrote:
it seems weird though, because with JS you can save a URL to your favourites correct?

They're my bookmarks, I choose what to put in them, thankyouverymuch. If I wanted to bookmark your site I can do it in two keystrokes. (Incidentally, have you tried any of these Javascript solutions in Firefox?)

but theres nothig to do the reverse?

Why should you want to know what I've got bookmarked?

JPnyc

Even the save to bookmark scripts don't often work anymore. New security settings just don't permit it. To be able to access the favorites folder on someone's computer requires instantiating an ActiveX object, which security settings simply will not allow any more