Alphabetize Favorites

[Sandy]

How do I alphabetize my Favorites on Explorer? Tech
directions warn that by modifying the "registry" I may
cause serious problems. Please help. Thanks.

 

[kanedmamma]

click on your favourites - right click on any one of the listings then
select 'sort by name'

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

How do I alphabetize my Favorites on Explorer? Tech
directions warn that by modifying the "registry" I may
cause serious problems. Please help. Thanks.

Open Favorites from the menu item, not the toolbar icon. Then right click
any of them and choose Sort by Name.

If you want them to automatically alpha-sort even as new entries are added,
you need a registry edit. Navigate to:

HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Menu
Order\Favorites

and delete the value named 'Order'. Also delete this value for any
subfolders. Then, with the favorite key highlited, click on Edit >
Permissions and deny 'Full Access' to Administrators, yourself, etc. This
will prevent the key from being automatically recreated.

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[Laurel]

Thanks, Frank, I've been looking for this info for years!
BUT.... since I applied your fix below, the most recently used feature
doesn't seem to be working anymore. I double checked, and "Enable
Personalized Favorites Menu" is still checked. Might it be that I can't
have dynamic sorting and "most recently used" at the same time?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Thanks, Frank, I've been looking for this info for years!
BUT.... since I applied your fix below, the most recently used feature
doesn't seem to be working anymore. I double checked, and "Enable
Personalized Favorites Menu" is still checked. Might it be that I
can't have dynamic sorting and "most recently used" at the same time?

I don't really know, but I would suspect that it just got zeroed out and you
will have to wait three days for it to kick in again.

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