Moving Favorites folder to a network location

[Guest]

I would like to move my IE Favorites folder on my work PC from its default
location on the local c drive to a network location so that when I access
from home I can access favorites. I just got a new PC at work (XP, IE6.0
with SP2), and I had this setup on my old PC but now cannot remember how I
did this. I've tried just dragging/dropping my favorites folder but that did
not work.
Thanks!

 

[Jon Kennedy]

The location of your Favorites folder is determined by this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

The default value is:

%USERPROFILE%\Favorites

Change the value to the new location of your created Favorites folder,
reboot.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I would like to move my IE Favorites folder on my work PC from its default
location on the local c drive to a network location so that when I access
from home I can access favorites. I just got a new PC at work (XP, IE6.0
with SP2), and I had this setup on my old PC but now cannot remember how I
did this. I've tried just dragging/dropping my favorites folder but that did
not work.

Did you try to force a move? The default for dragging files and folders
from one drive to another is copy but I don't think that that will affect the
registry the way it needs to. Also, I'm not sure but I think that the registry
change may be deferred until the next boot.

You could try watching the registry changes using RegMon, filtering on
Favorites.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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[Guest]

Editing the registry worked Jon. Thanks much!

The location of your Favorites folder is determined by this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

The default value is:

%USERPROFILE%\Favorites

Change the value to the new location of your created Favorites folder,
reboot.

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Jon R. Kennedy MS MVP/IE
Charlotte, NC USA
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Gary Smith]

Did you try to force a move? The default for dragging files and folders
from one drive to another is copy but I don't think that that will affect the
registry the way it needs to. Also, I'm not sure but I think that the registry
change may be deferred until the next boot.

You could try watching the registry changes using RegMon, filtering on
Favorites.

In my experience, the registry change takes effect immediately. Note
that, as with most changes involving IE, IE must not be open. Make sure
that all IE windows are closed before attempting the move.