IE6 Favorites

[Earthlink News Server]

I inadvertantly moved my Favorites folder (The Star Icon) instead of
copying it, when I went to put it back where it belonged I found that my
favorites no longer work in IE, I cant save anything to favorites nor edit
them, my favorites are back where they belong I beleive and a copy is on the
desktop, all my favorites are within the favorites folder but still wont
work from IE, Any Ideas?, Thanks everyone.

Ben

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Ben,

Pls mention the OS you're using.

 

[Earthlink News Server]

Hello again,

Sorry about leavong out the OS I use. I am using XP Home Edition V5.1 2600
SP-2 Build 2600 and MSIE 6.0.2900.2180 - SP2.

Sorry for leaving that out.

Thank again

Ben

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Ben,

Open the parent folder (or drive) where you've moved the "Favorites" folder.
Select "Favorites" folder and press CTRL-X in the keyboard (equivanent to
"Cut"). Now, open %Userprofile% folder from Start/Run. Press CTRL+V to
paste the Favorites to the default location. The User Shell Folders path is
automatically updated in the registry and IE uses it.

 

[Ben]

I got it Ramish, I ended up deleting all occurance of favorites that were in
a folder, saving my favorits in a folder named "New Folder" (Orignal huh?)
re-booting and when the r-boot was complete I had a new albiet empty
favorits folder, I then copied my favorits from the saved folder into the
new Favorits folder and all is warm and fuzzy again, thank you and everyone
that had a suggestion for your help.

Ben

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcoem Ben