Favorites that will not go away

[Ken]

I'm running XP and IE 6. When I delete the favorites
(MSN, Radio Station Guide, and Web Events)they come back
when I open a new browser window. Other changes I make
to the favorites are permanent. Does anyone know how I
can remove these itemes that are cluttering up my
favorites? Thanks.

 

[Starsky]

Check where you are deleting them from. Check the source directory, which
should usually be in your C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\favorites
folder. See if the actual links are read-only.

 

[Guest]

I opened the file manager(whatever it's called now) and
deleted the files directly from the directory you
specified. The files deleted OK but were recreated upon
launching IE.

-----Original Message-----
Check where you are deleting them from. Check the source directory, which
should usually be in your C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\favorites
folder. See if the actual links are read-only.

I'm running XP and IE 6. When I delete the favorites
(MSN, Radio Station Guide, and Web Events)they come back
when I open a new browser window. Other changes I make
to the favorites are permanent. Does anyone know how I
can remove these itemes that are cluttering up my
favorites? Thanks.

.

 

[Starsky]

That's weird. You might have some spyware or other virus or "forceware"
crap installed on your system or embedded into your IE. Run Ad-aware
(latest version with latest data file), and also, try running HijackThis to
find and remove IE add-ons which might not be merged into your system. My
suggestions may not even be related to your problem, but those are a couple
things I would personally try next.

 

[Don Varnau]

Are you deleting them from the Favorites folder with no IE windows open?

If you can't delete them, you could right-click each one> properties> hidden
(if you don't normally show hidden files/folders.)

Don