Syncing IE bookmarks creates .dat files on desktop

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Syncing IE bookmarks creates .dat files on desktop

Hi, syncing Internet Explorer bookmarks with iPad or iPhone creates files with the form .dat1a34.004. Everytime I sync more of these files are created, littering the favorites folder. They also appear on the IE favorites. Doing a google search I can see that this is a long standing issue. Is there any way to solve this? Is anyone else experiencing th problem? I am using IE 9 but had the same issue with IE 8. Thanks.

iPad 2, Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9

Posted on May 2, 2011 9:06 AM

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WR_Dave

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Jul 20, 2011 8:47 AM in response to gustavog

I am having the same issue, is the solution still to unselect "sync bookmarks" ?? This seems like a waste of a function on the apple product. I find the .dat files extremely annoying as I seem to only be able to delete them individually and there are hundreds of them created. Come on apple, this has been going on for over 5 years now. What is the soution??????

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gustavog Author

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Jul 21, 2011 5:21 PM in response to WR_Dave

No fix yet. Yes, it is incredible that this issue has been there for such a lon g time. I sync the bookmarks but regularly I delete the files .dat* from the favorites folder (no need to do it one by one). You need to restart Internet Explorer so the files dissapear from there. Hope it helps.

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