I need to be able to sort my Internet Explorer Favorites. I know how
to do this temporarily but need to make it "stick" on a permanent
basis.

Any ideas?

Flounder

Flounder <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

>
> I need to be able to sort my Internet Explorer Favorites. I know how
> to do this temporarily but need to make it "stick" on a permanent
> basis.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Flounder
>

Mine stay sorted until I add new ones. Then I just sort again.

What's the problem?

Wayne

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 03:48:04 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Flounder <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>>
>> I need to be able to sort my Internet Explorer Favorites. I know how
>> to do this temporarily but need to make it "stick" on a permanent
>> basis.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Flounder
>>
>
>Mine stay sorted until I add new ones. Then I just sort again.
>
>What's the problem?
>
>Wayne

Nuthin... I guess you're just the sort guru of the Favorites file!

How'd ya do it?

Flounder

Flounder <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 03:48:04 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Flounder <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>news:(E-Mail Removed):
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>>>
>>> I need to be able to sort my Internet Explorer Favorites. I know how
>>> to do this temporarily but need to make it "stick" on a permanent
>>> basis.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Flounder
>>>
>>
>>Mine stay sorted until I add new ones. Then I just sort again.
>>
>>What's the problem?
>>
>>Wayne
>
> Nuthin... I guess you're just the sort guru of the Favorites file!
>
> How'd ya do it?
>
> Flounder
>

Are you serious? Right click on the Favorites drop down menu and select
"sort by name".

If you've already done this and the sort didn't remain, then there's
something else wrong I know nothing about. Mine stays sorted until I add
more favorites. I don't know of a way to automate the sorting process
and avoid resorting after additions.

Cheers
Wayne

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 04:40:23 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Flounder <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 03:48:04 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>Flounder <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>>news:(E-Mail Removed):
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I need to be able to sort my Internet Explorer Favorites. I know how
>>>> to do this temporarily but need to make it "stick" on a permanent
>>>> basis.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Flounder
>>>>
>>>
>>>Mine stay sorted until I add new ones. Then I just sort again.
>>>
>>>What's the problem?
>>>
>>>Wayne
>>
>> Nuthin... I guess you're just the sort guru of the Favorites file!
>>
>> How'd ya do it?
>>
>> Flounder
>>
>
>Are you serious? Right click on the Favorites drop down menu and select
>"sort by name".
>
>If you've already done this and the sort didn't remain, then there's
>something else wrong I know nothing about. Mine stays sorted until I add
>more favorites. I don't know of a way to automate the sorting process
>and avoid resorting after additions.
>
>Cheers
>Wayne

Yeah... That's what I've been doing, too.

Which is why I am still looking for a program to make the changes
permanent.

Thank you, anyway.

Flounder

Flounder <(E-Mail Removed)>:

> Which is why I am still looking for a program to make the changes
> permanent.

Pretty sure "permanent" is not an option... You can automate sorting
to alphabetical, by using a .reg file to delete that registry key which
contains sorting data. A main strategy is pointing a .bat at the .reg
file, setting it to process before Windows loads.


--
Karen S.

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 06:08:00 -0800, omega <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Flounder <(E-Mail Removed)>:
>
>> Which is why I am still looking for a program to make the changes
>> permanent.
>
>Pretty sure "permanent" is not an option... You can automate sorting
>to alphabetical, by using a .reg file to delete that registry key which
>contains sorting data. A main strategy is pointing a .bat at the .reg
>file, setting it to process before Windows loads.

Thanks, Karen...

That sounds like what I'm after. Do you have any pointers to
instructions on how to do this sort of thing? (I'm well qualified in
the area of screwing up my registry and thus need all the help I can
get!)

..Flounder

Flounder <(E-Mail Removed)>:

> >Pretty sure "permanent" is not an option... You can automate sorting
> >to alphabetical, by using a .reg file to delete that registry key which
> >contains sorting data. A main strategy is pointing a .bat at the .reg
> >file, setting it to process before Windows loads.
>
> Thanks, Karen...
>
> That sounds like what I'm after. Do you have any pointers to
> instructions on how to do this sort of thing? (I'm well qualified in
> the area of screwing up my registry and thus need all the help I can
> get!)


The key you would be deleting is this one:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites]

To have a .reg file that deletes a key, you stick a (-) minus sign inside
of the first bracket.

So then your reg file would be like this:

-----------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg
REGEDIT4

[-HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites]

------------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg

You can test the file by right-clicking and selecting "merge." But what you
really want to get done next is a way to run that file, without having to do
all the extra clicking.

So a simple .bat file for that. The command to merge a reg file, is just
"REGEDIT filename.reg". To do it without prompt, the switch is /S (silent).

So then your bat would be like this:

-----------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.bat
REGEDIT /S sortfavs.reg
cls
-----------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.bat

Notice that I didn't choose to use a path name to the sortfavs.reg file in
the command above. I would therefore need to make sure that sortfavs.reg
is in the same folder as sortfavs.bat, or else that it is somewhere in
the defined paths (eg the windows directory, etc).

You could create the two files above, stick them together anywhere. Then
create a shortcut from the sortfavs.bat file, to your Startup folder. The
shortcut will actually be a .pif, and you can access properties of that
..pif, to choose "close on exit, run minimized, and change icon," etc.

ITEM. The regkey I gave, it only works in Windows. *

Ok, I feel I did sort of a sloppy job with these instructions. So let me
know what I might need to rewrite, and I'll get back to it in the AM
tomorrow, when I've got a good block of free time to try to be coherent.



--
Karen S.


* Reason so it because the reg path I used was part of a virtual branch,
HKCU (HKEY_CURRENT_USER). I'll skip going into that detailed in this post.
Just the quick sum of it: To have these files work at a pre-Windows level,
the path needs to come from the HKEY_USERS\(name) key, not the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER key.

> -----------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg
> REGEDIT4
>
> [-HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites]
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg
>
> You can test the file by right-clicking and selecting "merge."

Egads!

Correct the one above to this:

-----------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg
REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites]

------------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg

Copy between the two scissors markers (-----), out into your notepad. Make
sure no breaks get in there, between the brackets.

Nature of my mistake with the first key. I used the shorthand HKCU, which
works fine when dealing with the GUI of a registry editor. Where I was not
thinking, is that the shorthand does not work for REGEDIT.EXE command line.
It wants the branch names spelled out all the way, here -- HKEY_CURRENT_USER.


Don't lose faith, despite that error, the rest of the operation works fine.
And it is safe and good to delete that key on all Windows OS; I've checked
places like www.regedit.com to verify the compatibility.

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 14:12:59 -0800, omega <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> -----------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg
>> REGEDIT4
>>
>> [-HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites]
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg
>>
>> You can test the file by right-clicking and selecting "merge."
>
>Egads!
>
>Correct the one above to this:
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg
>REGEDIT4
>
>[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites]
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------sortfavs.reg
>
>Copy between the two scissors markers (-----), out into your notepad. Make
>sure no breaks get in there, between the brackets.
>
>Nature of my mistake with the first key. I used the shorthand HKCU, which
>works fine when dealing with the GUI of a registry editor. Where I was not
>thinking, is that the shorthand does not work for REGEDIT.EXE command line.
>It wants the branch names spelled out all the way, here -- HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
>
>
>Don't lose faith, despite that error, the rest of the operation works fine.
>And it is safe and good to delete that key on all Windows OS; I've checked
>places like www.regedit.com to verify the compatibility.
>

Works like the proverbial charm!

Hat's off to you for your help!!

Flounder