Favorites folder location

[William W. Plummer]

This morning I tried to use IE6 under Win2KP (all latest updates). When I
clicked on "Favorites", there was nothing there! After a little detective
work, I found the IE was looking in C:\WINNT\Favorites rather in my profile,
C:\WINNT\UserName\Favorites . What caused the switch? How can I get
IE to look in the right place again?

 

[Jerold Schulman]

This morning I tried to use IE6 under Win2KP (all latest updates). When I
clicked on "Favorites", there was nothing there! After a little detective
work, I found the IE was looking in C:\WINNT\Favorites rather in my profile,
C:\WINNT\UserName\Favorites . What caused the switch? How can I get
IE to look in the right place again?

Check the Favorites Value Name in the "User Shell Folders" key.
See tip 2365 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Ben S.]

Hi Jerold!

I, too, have this issue. For some reason the windows
favorites folder changed paths. However, when I attempt
to change the paths within regedit, the settings simply
reset themselves to c:\winnt\favorites.

Got any work-around?

Thanks,
-Ben S.
phxcomputers.com