Favorites disappeared

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Ron Patterson

Suddenly, after using Favorites 20 minutes ago, they have disappeared. My
main concern is what caused this?

I have found them in C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\ Favorites and I am
sure one of you can tell me how to get them back into the IE program !! ??

Again, main concern is what caused this?

AliBaba
Blue Master
 
No idea what caused it but it looks like the Registry entry is wrong.

You can change the value of Favorites in the Registry in these
two keys: (ignore the second if the value is not there)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

....Alan
 
Ron,

Alan's instructions should help. If the problem happens again and if you're
using XP Professional (in case), set a registry audit to know what is
changing the Favorites value in the registry:

How to use Group Policy to configure auditing of Windows registry keys in XP
Professional?:
http://www.winxptutor.com/auditreg.htm

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Suddenly, after using Favorites 20 minutes ago, they have disappeared. My
main concern is what caused this?

I have found them in C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\ Favorites and I am
sure one of you can tell me how to get them back into the IE program !! ??

Again, main concern is what caused this?

AliBaba
Blue Master
 
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