Favorites folder

[geotso]

I know that I can move my profile's folders (Documents, Images, Music
etc) where I want them to by right click > Properties > Location > Move.
Well, I accidentally moved the Favorites folder from my profile to the
root folder of D: and not to D:\Favorites (a folder I had created for
that reason).
Is there a way to move them back to the place I want (D:\Favorites)?

 

[Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

Hi geotso,

You'll have to fix the "Favorites" shell folder path in the registry. See
"Method 2" in this article.

How to move the special folders in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/95/1/How-to-move-the-special-folders-in-Windows-Vista.html

See also:

Do not move special folders to the root drive! - The Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/do-not-move-special-folders-to-the-root-drive/

 

[geotso]

then, Brink climbed to the rostrum and said:

Hello Geotso,

You can use Method Two (steps 2 to 6) in the tutorial below to change
the location to what you wanted it to be in the registry to fix it.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/107990-personal-user-shell-folders-move-location.html

Ok. Fixed.
The only thing, I had to reboot twice, after registry tweak and after
folder renaming.
Thanks

However, changing the default location of the "C:\Users\(User
Name)\Favorites" folder will usually cause Favorites in IE7 to no longer
work.

guess what: It does work!
I exported Favorites before the fix, gave full control permissions to
the new Favorites folder and imported them back after it.
Thanks again