Where are my Favorite Places? This is a common question we have been asked by several users in the last few months as we launched myAOL which includes the new myAOL Favorites product. First of all, your "Favorite Places" are safe and sound and can be accessed by using the AOL desktop client. Secondly, myAOL Favorites bookmarks are equivalent to a "Favorite Place" in the AOL desktop client software but are currently not saved in the same place as "Favorite Places." Your myAOL Favorites are saved for access from the Web on any computer that you sign into myAOL from, while your "Favorite Places" are part of the AOL desktop client software and are accessible from any AOL desktop client that you sign into.
In the coming months we would like to allow you the ability to get the best of both worlds by adding features to allow you to access your myAOL Favorites Web bookmarks and "Favorite Places" seamlessly from myAOL.
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41. Am I missing some kind of search engine for My Favorite Places? I have a long list and have to scroll up and down to find what I want.
Posted at 11:38AM on Nov 6th 2008 by akrondp
42. I've added comcast as my high speed carrier and plan to d/c aol, tho haven't yet. I hate the new AOL format and the copy I have opn my computer caused all sorts of problems and often none of the programs will run, going into a 'not responding' mode. Iv'e had several tech sessions walk me thru the fix it dialogue and now it's so messed up my computer needs to go into the shop to be reset, so I can even get online and use it at all online!! My other computer has suddenly lost my AOL favorites column, which had info put on it several years ago, and
I have no way to recover the info w/out the old favorites I had set up originally. I want my favorites back!!
Posted at 12:52AM on Nov 10th 2008 by davisfrtz
43. Page after page on this blog---is there an answer to the question??? I want to print out My Favorites. Anybody know how to do that?
Posted at 7:11PM on Nov 15th 2008 by Anne
44. i was on aol, had a lot of problems, so switched to mts.net. i need my address book with all my e-mail addresses, how do i get them to tranfer them to rpearl@mts.net
Posted at 11:03AM on Nov 26th 2008 by rita
45. I can find absolutely no help for restoring My Favorite Places in AOL. I lost them when I reinstalled AOL recently. None of the AOL techies have provided any useful information. I would appreciate hearing from anyone with the same problem and how it was resolved.
Posted at 5:49PM on Nov 26th 2008 by Richard Reed
46. I would like my favorites back, I went with Roadrunner now I can't find it
Posted at 2:56PM on Nov 30th 2008 by mjmurray1250
47. COULD YOU ANSWER # 14 FOR ME PLEASE. THANX G.W.
Posted at 5:40PM on Dec 8th 2008 by GWW1020
48. Just had a paid technician install Aol 9.1--(had AOL9 which he uninstalled. After he left no favorite places could be found.I am almost 80 yrs old,housebound,have been with AOL 10 years and really NEED to recover my favorites ! Please, please help. Dan Vant Hull
Posted at 8:14PM on Jan 6th 2009 by vanthull
49. Favorite places are lost after installing 9.1 in place of AOL.#9.Disabled and 80 years old-- desperately need Fav. places.Please help !
Dan V.
Posted at 11:06PM on Jan 6th 2009 by Dan
50. I can't find my bookmarks anywhere. They have always been on my aol page under favorites and now, today, they are gone! This makes me very angry because I have no idea how to get them back. Can anyone help me please??? Thank you very much. Nancy
Posted at 12:22AM on Jan 11th 2009 by NJS5775
51. I don't know what my url is. I don't understand any of this. What is going on? I don't see my comments here. This is making me very angry.
Posted at 12:21AM on Jan 11th 2009 by NJS5775
52. Cant access my bookmarks in AOL now that I've switched to Comcast. Please help if you know of a way to access them.
Posted at 1:45AM on Jan 16th 2009 by Cheryl
53. I found the answer:
1) Go to Favorites on your AOL Desktop
2) Click Import AOL Favorites - Click "continue" to copy the web pages you saved as favorites from the last used version of AOL to this version of AOL. Imported Favorites will be available in My Favorite places.
Posted at 12:54PM on Jan 21st 2009 by Almeters
54. how do i get my old version back. do not like the new tool bar that aol updated.
Posted at 4:03PM on Jan 22nd 2009 by eleanor biondo
55. Please, please let me have the old version back!! I hate this new version!!
Posted at 5:44PM on Feb 7th 2009 by jbt12664
56. Please just let me know how to return to the old version of toolbox. I downloaded the new version and I HATE, HATE it!!!
Posted at 5:49PM on Feb 7th 2009 by jbt12664
57. I think the access to my favorite places should be easier than what you have done to losing that freedom.
Posted at 1:51PM on Feb 12th 2009 by john feeney
58. This is not acceptable for the fee you charge every month. Restore my favorite places or cancel my subscription.
Posted at 1:50PM on Feb 12th 2009 by john feeney
59. I had to take my computer down to manufacture mode and I want to know how I get my favorite places back because they will not come back on there own can someone please help me with this thank you so much Sincerly Joey
Posted at 3:42AM on Feb 24th 2009 by Rainbowlight6713
60. Like everyone else, I have lost my favorites on my desk top and am very frustrated. Can someone help me get it back? Also what is desktop client and how do I use it
Posted at 12:23PM on Mar 1st 2009 by grace smider