Merging "Data" folders into "Favorites"?

[(PeteCresswell)]

I've always kept my data separate in a "Data" folder on D:.

Right now, within "Data" I've got my Windows "Favorites" folder -
the one that renders with a five-pointed star.

It's finally dawned on me that, to me, "Favorites" are really
"Data" - and all the subdirectories in "Favorites" really belong
in "Data".

E.g. Right now in "Data", I've got a directory called
"Generators" that contains a couple of .PDFs about home-use
generators. But I've also got a "Data\Favorites\Generators"
folder that contains links to various web pages concerning
home-use generators.


Clearly (to me, at least) the two folders sb one.


My instinct is to simply make "Favorites" my data directory, move
all the former "Data" folders into it - combining the contents of
like-named folders - and then move "Favorites" up the root of D:
and delete the now-empty "Data" directory.... and, from now on,
regard "Favorites" as the place where I keep all my "data".


Sounds simple to me, but I've got this little yellow sticky on my
terminal at work that says:

 

[- Bobb -]

I've always kept my data separate in a "Data" folder on D:.

Right now, within "Data" I've got my Windows "Favorites" folder -
the one that renders with a five-pointed star.

It's finally dawned on me that, to me, "Favorites" are really
"Data" - and all the subdirectories in "Favorites" really belong
in "Data".

E.g. Right now in "Data", I've got a directory called
"Generators" that contains a couple of .PDFs about home-use
generators. But I've also got a "Data\Favorites\Generators"
folder that contains links to various web pages concerning
home-use generators.


Clearly (to me, at least) the two folders sb one.


My instinct is to simply make "Favorites" my data directory, move
all the former "Data" folders into it - combining the contents of
like-named folders - and then move "Favorites" up the root of D:
and delete the now-empty "Data" directory.... and, from now on,
regard "Favorites" as the place where I keep all my "data".

WHAT ?
So you keep only applications on C: and any/all the data on D: ?
Or is D:'s copy the backup only ( and you have live stuff on C ?

The folder in D:\data - Windows "Favorites" folder ( the one that renders
with a five-pointed star ) is it a COPY of your everyday Favorites ?
Rhetorically he asked - WHY would you want to mess with it ?
The registry uses "Favorites" to refer the Favorites folder. It's not
"just a name". It's a "special name". It should only contain URL Links.
You can add up to 200 links to the Favorites folder - don't put data in it
or subfolders.

( for specifics post to the IE newsgroup)

 

[ernie]

Works for me. You could, however, make your own toolbar via right click on
the Taskbar > New Toolbar out of any folder in "My Documents" or elsewhere
which would act much the same.

HTH,
ern.