Text document as home page in I.E. 6

Looking at Tools > Internet Options > General, I see that my choices
for a home page are Use Current, Default, or Use Blank. I would like
to set it to load a text document consisting of links to websites.
Can this be done? If so, how do you go about it?

 

Justin Dustin said:

Create the list as an html doc and load it via active desktop.

You can export your favourites to html you know.

 

Ralph Mann said:

Or place a shortcut to the html on your desktop

 

"So, Mr Slumpy you *really* are the perpetual comedian, aren't you ?" I
threw back my head and roared with laughter as Ralph Mann continued:

Shame they tend to rearrange themselves as and where they want though -
very useful all the same.

 

slumpy said:

Right click on one of the links and choose sort by name.

 

Organize your internet favorites, and then use Favorites
Home Page:
http://www.favoriteshomepage.com/
http://www.favoriteshomepage.com/readme.html

 

"So, Mr Slumpy you *really* are the perpetual comedian, aren't you ?" I
threw back my head and roared with laughter as Ralph Mann continued:

Not the faves themselves, the HTML always sorts the various folders as
it wants :-(

 

Have you actually tried the export function? I think not. You can sort the
list all you like, when you export it gets arranged differently. Just
another IE quirk.

 

Stevo said:

Excuse me, but I misunderstood the comment for the shortcuts themselves, not the
html.

 

no worries then...

 

I really like this! I created it, dragged it to my Links, and set my home
page back to my standard one. Thanks!

 

I like it, too. It's a really neat little script.

 

Yeah, it is a neat little treat!

Seriously, I like it enough that I will finally clean out my favorites. I
like the way it lists the URLs for the sites.

Thanks again, Mike!

 

Assuming the text is "myfile.txt" in c:\, first navigate to it with your
browser by typing in the browser window:

file:///c:/myfile.txt

Then, use the above method to Use Current.

 

You're welcome.

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