Copied XP favories into Vista favorites, can't add new one's

[Imageman]

I copied my favorites from my XP computer into the favorites folder on my
Vista PC. Now, I can create a new favorite in sub-folders created by the
Vista PC, can't add them to the folders that were created and copied form
XP. Are there any ideas for a remedy? - Thanks, IM

 

[Peter Foldes]

Imageman

How are you trying to add them. What happens if you drag them to the desired file folders

 

[Imageman]

On my old computer, I drug (is that a word?) the favorites folder to a share
folder, then on the new computer, I drug the contents of the old favorites
folder to the Vista Favorites folder - Bob


Imageman

How are you trying to add them. What happens if you drag them to the desired
file folders

 

[Steve Cochran]

That's the problem. You have to "say no to drugs".

Try creating a subfavorite such as "drugs" that matches your XP subfavorite
of the same name. Then try dragging the old favorites from the subfolder
("drugs") on old machine to the new one. I'm guessing its a directory
permissions issue and you can overcome it that way by just dragging the
files, but maybe not.

If not, then make a backup of the "drugs" directory, and remove the original
at your discretion.

Also, seriously, if you can't do the above, then what are the error
messages?

steve