Change location of IE Favorites Folder

[David Schwartz]

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

 

[peter]

Drag it back to its original location...you know like in drag and drop!!
pk

 

[Alan Edwards]

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



....Alan