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David Schwartz
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      10th Apr 2008
Instead of copying my favorites folder to my backup external hard drive, I
accidentally moved it there. Now every time I want to go to a favorites web
site, the external hard drive starts up. How can I change it back or
reassign it?
Thanks


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      10th Apr 2008
Drag it back to its original location...you know like in drag and drop!!
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"David Schwartz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Instead of copying my favorites folder to my backup external hard drive, I
> accidentally moved it there. Now every time I want to go to a favorites
> web site, the external hard drive starts up. How can I change it back or
> reassign it?
> Thanks
>
>
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> David Schwartz
> Commack, NY
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Alan Edwards
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      10th Apr 2008
You can change the value of Favorites in the Registry

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]
Set the Favorites path to : %USERPROFILE%\Favorites


The above should be a REG_EXPAND_SZ value, not REG_SZ


Ref: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#favorites
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm



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On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:34:59 -0400, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "David Schwartz"
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>Instead of copying my favorites folder to my backup external hard drive, I
>accidentally moved it there. Now every time I want to go to a favorites web
>site, the external hard drive starts up. How can I change it back or
>reassign it?
>Thanks

 
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