Can't Access Favorites

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Neil Ginsberg

I'm using XP Home and IE6, and I can't access my favorites. The Favorites
location is set to C:\Windows\Favorites in
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2033026850-1696162509-3545252781-1006\Software\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Favorites and in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellFo
lders\Favorites. I tried setting those back to %USERPROFILE%\Favorites and
C:\Documents and Settings\Neil\Favorites, respectively, to match the other
entries at that key; but when I reboot they keep getting changed back to
C:\Windows\Favorites, which has no items.

One thing I noticed is that at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders, the Favorites value is REG_SZ, whereas all of the others at
that key (except for (Default)) are REG_EXPAND_SZ.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks,

Neil
 

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