Favorites list

[Guest]

I AM USING WINDOWS XP XP2 AND INTERNET EXPLORER 6 SP2. AFTER RUNNING A
AUTOMATED DOWNLOAD, I WENT INTO IE. WHEN I WENT TO MY FAVORITES LIST, IT WAS
EMPTY. ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN GET MY FAVORITES LIST BACK.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Please do not post in capitals. They are hard to read and you may get
ignored.

What automated download did you run?

It is possible your Registry entries are 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

For Windows 2000/XP:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]
Set the Favorites path to : %USERPROFILE%\Favorites


The above should be a REG_EXPAND_SZ value, not REG_SZ


Ref: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#favorites
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm



....Alan

 

[Guest]

mr edwards. i tried to edit the registry but it did not bring back the
favorites list. i even tried to do a system restore from te day before and
it did not work. I will just try and re-enter the ones I know. thanks for
your help!
--
T McD

Please do not post in capitals. They are hard to read and you may get
ignored.

What automated download did you run?

It is possible your Registry entries are 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

For Windows 2000/XP:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]
Set the Favorites path to : %USERPROFILE%\Favorites


The above should be a REG_EXPAND_SZ value, not REG_SZ


Ref: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#favorites
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm



....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows -Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

I AM USING WINDOWS XP XP2 AND INTERNET EXPLORER 6 SP2. AFTER RUNNING A
AUTOMATED DOWNLOAD, I WENT INTO IE. WHEN I WENT TO MY FAVORITES LIST, IT WAS
EMPTY. ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN GET MY FAVORITES LIST BACK.