Location of Stored Favorite Web Pages in Internet Explorer (142844)

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The hot list links saved by Internet Explorer are stored in a file named HOTLIST.HTM. This file is an actual html file and can be edited or opened by Internet Explorer. The HOTLIST.HTM file can be found in the Windows NT &SYSTEMROOT% directory. For example, "C:\WINNT\HOTLIST.HTM".