Lost Favorites in MSN Premieum

[Guy]

One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

 

[Guest]

Guy,

Contact MSN Support

 

[Earle Horton]

The OP could log in to http://favorites.live.com using INTERNET EXPLORER and
see if there is anything there to salvage. If there is, he could make a
backup to a local disk file.

Earle

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

 

[...winston]

Fyi...
Windows Live Favorites is now an online folder and part of Windows Live SkyDrive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Favorites
<qp>
Windows Live Favorites was discontinued on April 14, 2009 and replaced by Windows Live SkyDrive. All existing favorites saved on
Windows Live Favorites were migrated to the "Favorites" folder on Windows Live SkyDrive.[1]
</qp>


Another 'name' evolution
Windows Live Folders > Windows Live SkyDrive Beta > Windows Live Skydrive

SkyDrive Team Space/Blog
http://skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
April 14
<qp>
Support for Windows Live Favorites
As you already know, you can keep your favorites in sync between computers using SkyDrive and the Windows Live Toolbar. Now, the
next time you visit your favorites on Windows Live, your existing favorites will automatically move to SkyDrive. You can check it
out here: http://favorites.live.com
</qp>




--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

The OP could log in to http://favorites.live.com using INTERNET EXPLORER and see if there is anything there to salvage. If there
is, he could make a backup to a local disk file.

Earle

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Got anything for the OP here, winston?]

Fyi...
Windows Live Favorites is now an online folder and part of Windows Live
SkyDrive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Favorites
<qp>
Windows Live Favorites was discontinued on April 14, 2009 and replaced by
Windows Live SkyDrive. All existing favorites saved on Windows Live
Favorites were migrated to the "Favorites" folder on Windows Live
SkyDrive.[1] </qp>

Another 'name' evolution
Windows Live Folders > Windows Live SkyDrive Beta > Windows Live Skydrive

SkyDrive Team Space/Blog
http://skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
April 14
<qp>
Support for Windows Live Favorites
As you already know, you can keep your favorites in sync between computers
using SkyDrive and the Windows Live Toolbar. Now, the next time you visit
your favorites on Windows Live, your existing favorites will automatically
move to SkyDrive. You can check it out here: http://favorites.live.com
</qp>

The OP could log in to http://favorites.live.com using INTERNET EXPLORER
and see if there is anything there to salvage. If there is, he could
make
a backup to a local disk file. Earle

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

Guy wrote:
One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize, make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING".
Now when i sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING".
I
have tried everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with
no success. thanks

 

[...winston]

Not sure if this will work or not...which is why I didn't mention it earlier..because the Favorites.xml file has to be present and
contain data in MSn Premium.

Assuming the file is present and something else is wrong with accessing the file via Msn Premium, this might offer some help.

Compliments and credit to Patrick Phillippot and MainSoft

http://www.mainsoft.fr/en/downloads.htm

MSN Favorites Export Toolkit
http://www.mainsoft.fr/Files/MsnFav.zip

And for those who have command of Français
http://www.mainsoft.fr/downloads.htm


--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

[Got anything for the OP here, winston?]

Fyi...
Windows Live Favorites is now an online folder and part of Windows Live
SkyDrive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Favorites
<qp>
Windows Live Favorites was discontinued on April 14, 2009 and replaced by
Windows Live SkyDrive. All existing favorites saved on Windows Live
Favorites were migrated to the "Favorites" folder on Windows Live
SkyDrive.[1] </qp>

Another 'name' evolution
Windows Live Folders > Windows Live SkyDrive Beta > Windows Live Skydrive

SkyDrive Team Space/Blog
http://skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
April 14
<qp>
Support for Windows Live Favorites
As you already know, you can keep your favorites in sync between computers
using SkyDrive and the Windows Live Toolbar. Now, the next time you visit
your favorites on Windows Live, your existing favorites will automatically
move to SkyDrive. You can check it out here: http://favorites.live.com </qp>

The OP could log in to http://favorites.live.com using INTERNET EXPLORER
and see if there is anything there to salvage. If there is, he could make
a backup to a local disk file. Earle

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

Guy wrote:
One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize, make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING".
Now when i sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I
have tried everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with
no success. thanks

 

[Guy]

Thank You everyone for your replys. I have done these things but the
"Organize favorites" page still refuses to load it gets stuck with a blank
page stating "loading..."
--
Life''''s about choices, Some Good, Some Bad. You Choose, and live with it!!!

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

 

[StephenB]

Then I suggest that you contact MSN Support:
http://support.msn.com - sign in with your subscribed account LiveID (MSN email)
and you will see your support options.
It may be a server side account issue.
-steve

Thank You everyone for your replys. I have done these things but the
"Organize favorites" page still refuses to load it gets stuck with a blank
page stating "loading..."
--
Life''''s about choices, Some Good, Some Bad. You Choose, and live with it!!!

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

 

[nails]

I too lost all favorites, nothing in skydrive. slowly tryed to readd my
favorite links back in, now it won't let me organize, blank page. sent two
requests for help to support.msn.com its not there problem, no links and no
replies. i use msn version 7.02 all other versions, want $ . ie favorites
still work good. knock on wood.

Then I suggest that you contact MSN Support:
http://support.msn.com - sign in with your subscribed account LiveID (MSN email)
and you will see your support options.
It may be a server side account issue.
-steve

Thank You everyone for your replys. I have done these things but the
"Organize favorites" page still refuses to load it gets stuck with a blank
page stating "loading..."
--
Life''''s about choices, Some Good, Some Bad. You Choose, and live with it!!!

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

Guy wrote:
One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

--
Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare/Live Mesh Forums Moderator
(e-mail address removed)

 

[nails]

thanks for your reply, but have asked msn support twice, think there to out
lunch. this is't my software, its theres. too bad too, i like using msn
bowser.

I too lost all favorites, nothing in skydrive. slowly tryed to readd my
favorite links back in, now it won't let me organize, blank page. sent two
requests for help to support.msn.com its not there problem, no links and no
replies. i use msn version 7.02 all other versions, want $ . ie favorites
still work good. knock on wood.

Then I suggest that you contact MSN Support:
http://support.msn.com - sign in with your subscribed account LiveID (MSN email)
and you will see your support options.
It may be a server side account issue.
-steve

Thank You everyone for your replys. I have done these things but the
"Organize favorites" page still refuses to load it gets stuck with a blank
page stating "loading..."
--
Life''''s about choices, Some Good, Some Bad. You Choose, and live with it!!!


:

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

Guy wrote:
One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

--
Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare/Live Mesh Forums Moderator
(e-mail address removed)

 

[StephenB]

Using MSN 7.02 you are not likely to get any support. My reply was meant for
"Guy" who I assume is a subscriber to MSN and using the latest version (9.6) of
the MSN Explorer software.
If your are using the free 7.02 version, you are really on your own,
unfortunately.
-steve

thanks for your reply, but have asked msn support twice, think there to out
lunch. this is't my software, its theres. too bad too, i like using msn
bowser.

I too lost all favorites, nothing in skydrive. slowly tryed to readd my
favorite links back in, now it won't let me organize, blank page. sent two
requests for help to support.msn.com its not there problem, no links and no
replies. i use msn version 7.02 all other versions, want $ . ie favorites
still work good. knock on wood.

Then I suggest that you contact MSN Support:
http://support.msn.com - sign in with your subscribed account LiveID (MSN email)
and you will see your support options.
It may be a server side account issue.
-steve


Thank You everyone for your replys. I have done these things but the
"Organize favorites" page still refuses to load it gets stuck with a blank
page stating "loading..."
--
Life''''s about choices, Some Good, Some Bad. You Choose, and live with it!!!


:

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

Guy wrote:
One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

 

[ju.c]

If the Favorites folder has the "system" attribute set it
won't appear in the Organize Favorites window.

Copy the string below (no word-wrap! only one line!) and
paste it into the Run box:

%WinDir%\system32\attrib.exe -S -H %UserProfile%\Favorites /S /D


ju.c

Using MSN 7.02 you are not likely to get any support. My reply was meant for
"Guy" who I assume is a subscriber to MSN and using the latest version (9.6) of
the MSN Explorer software.
If your are using the free 7.02 version, you are really on your own,
unfortunately.
-steve

thanks for your reply, but have asked msn support twice, think there to out
lunch. this is't my software, its theres. too bad too, i like using msn
bowser.

I too lost all favorites, nothing in skydrive. slowly tryed to readd my
favorite links back in, now it won't let me organize, blank page. sent two
requests for help to support.msn.com its not there problem, no links and no
replies. i use msn version 7.02 all other versions, want $ . ie favorites
still work good. knock on wood.

:

Then I suggest that you contact MSN Support:
http://support.msn.com - sign in with your subscribed account LiveID (MSN email)
and you will see your support options.
It may be a server side account issue.
-steve


Thank You everyone for your replys. I have done these things but the
"Organize favorites" page still refuses to load it gets stuck with a blank
page stating "loading..."
--
Life''''s about choices, Some Good, Some Bad. You Choose, and live with it!!!


:

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

Guy wrote:
One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

--
Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare/Live Mesh Forums Moderator
(e-mail address removed)

 

[...winston]

Try again...
MSn Favorites are not stored in that location. All that will do is modify the attributes for IE's Favorites.

In XP...as an example
\Documents and Settings\{Username}\Application Data\MSN6\UserData\{UID}
or
\Documents and Settings\{Username}\Application Data\MSNx\UserData\{UID}, where x is unique to your configuration/version




--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

If the Favorites folder has the "system" attribute set it
won't appear in the Organize Favorites window.

Copy the string below (no word-wrap! only one line!) and
paste it into the Run box:

%WinDir%\system32\attrib.exe -S -H %UserProfile%\Favorites /S /D


ju.c

Using MSN 7.02 you are not likely to get any support. My reply was meant for
"Guy" who I assume is a subscriber to MSN and using the latest version (9.6) of
the MSN Explorer software.
If your are using the free 7.02 version, you are really on your own,
unfortunately.
-steve

thanks for your reply, but have asked msn support twice, think there to out
lunch. this is't my software, its theres. too bad too, i like using msn
bowser.

:

I too lost all favorites, nothing in skydrive. slowly tryed to readd my
favorite links back in, now it won't let me organize, blank page. sent two
requests for help to support.msn.com its not there problem, no links and no
replies. i use msn version 7.02 all other versions, want $ . ie favorites
still work good. knock on wood.

:

Then I suggest that you contact MSN Support:
http://support.msn.com - sign in with your subscribed account LiveID (MSN email)
and you will see your support options.
It may be a server side account issue.
-steve


Thank You everyone for your replys. I have done these things but the
"Organize favorites" page still refuses to load it gets stuck with a blank
page stating "loading..."
--
Life''''s about choices, Some Good, Some Bad. You Choose, and live with it!!!


:

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

Guy wrote:
One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

--
Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare/Live Mesh Forums Moderator
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Beverleyv]

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks

 

[...winston]

What version of MSN Software ?
- 9.6 is the current

Do you have a backup copy of your Favorites.xml file ?

Are they present in Internet Explorer ?

Are they present on your SkyDrive ?
- http://skydrive.live.com


Not sure if this will work or not...MSn software stores favorites in a file named Favorites.xml.

For the following to function the Favorites.xml file has to be present and contain data(ie. not blank, overwritten etc)

Assuming the file is present and something else is wrong with accessing the file via Msn Premium, this Tool might offer some help.

Compliments and credit to Patrick Phillippot and MainSoft
http://www.mainsoft.fr/en/downloads.htm

MSN Favorites Export Toolkit
http://www.mainsoft.fr/Files/MsnFav.zip



Other background info(which may or may not be related but should be understood)

-Windows Live Favorites permitted users to import their favorites form IE or MSN Explorer
- That ability ceased when Windows Live Favorites(WLF) was discontinued on April 14, 2009 and replaced with Windows Live SkyDrive.
As long as the Favorites were present in WLF they may be available on one's SkyDrive(all Live ID's have a SkyDrive)
http://skydrive.live.com

Note: The above said 'may be available''
- A few folks,reportedly having a distaste for the online storage of information(SkyDrive/Favorites), inadvertently deleted the
Favorites residing on their SkyDrive, not realizing that Windows Live Favorites was discontinued in April and learned that the only
source available might be that Favorites.xml file in MSn Premium(if present and not corrupt)

Thus the MainSoft Toolkit provided above may be the only method to recover those MSN Favorites(since one can no longer export to
the now defunct WLF and move them to their SkyDrive).

Good Luck!!!


--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

[[Forwarded to MSN Discussion newsgroup via crosspost]]

One day when I signed on to MSN, I found that all my
favorites had vanished. When i started replacing them and tried to
organize,
make folders etc, the screen would lock up and say "LOADING". Now when i
sign on, the home page is blank with the message "LOADING". I have tried
everything I know to correct it. I tried Tech Services with no success.

thanks