Why does firefox only transfer one of my favourite folders from Internet Explorer and that one is empty

I have downloaded and installed the latest version of firefox and when asked if I wanted to transfer my stuff from Internet explorer I did so but firefox only transferred one favorite folder and that was empty. I have even tried to do this from the firefox toolbar with the same result

Not sure what happened there, but you could try the alternate method.
This involves three steps:
# export your favorites from IE to an HTML-format file
# import that HTML-format into Firefox bookmarks
# move the imported favorites/bookmarks from the import folder to the desired location on the menu
Links for reference:
* IE: [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Import-or-export-favorites-in-Internet-Explorer Import or export favorites in Internet Explorer]
* Firefox: [[Import Bookmarks from an HTML file]]
* Bookmarks Organizer: [[How to use bookmarks to save and organize your favorite websites]]
Any luck?

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