Need to have favorites folder point to another place

G

Guest

I want my start menu and IE favorites to point to a different location than
where they point now (the C: default location). Any way to do this? I
thought I saw it once on here, but cannot find it now. I know with My
Documents, I was able to point it away by simply telling it to find another
target. Favorites is not proving as easy.

Thx.
 
J

Jan Il

Hi Boris :)

You don't mention which version of Windows you are using, but, you might tr
the following and see if it helps:

Change the location or move the Favorites Folder

Suggested three methods you can use:

#1. Find the folder where the old Favorites are located
View>Select All>Right click>select Copy
Paste them into the new folder
They should not appear in the Favorites when you open IE

#2. First make a backup copy of the old Favorites folder, then copy all the
contents of the old Folder to the new one. Then close the new Folder,
highlight it, don't open it, then Right-drag this folder to the location you
want to use it instead, i.e., your C:\Documents and Settings\Satoshi\My
Documents" folder and then choose Move here from the menu that pops up when
you drop the folder. IF it asks if you want to replace the old Folder say
yes. If it won't let you replace the folder, then delete the old folder and
do the Right drag process again and this time it sould let you move it. IE
will then automatically reset all the references to that new location, and
all the Favorites should appear in your Favorites menu in IE.

#3. If the above methods do not work, then you may have to make manual
changes in the Registry to change the default location of the Favorites by
making an adjustment in the Register using the methods below. However, make
sure you back it up the Registry before you make any changes.

Courtesy of Tony Klien - MS MVP

also...

You need to make a new value Favorites with the path to your newly made
folder in
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

On reboot Windows will change the path in
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders as well.

Change the Location of System and Special Folders
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/107/

You need to edit the registry. See "Description of the Microsoft Windows
registry" article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;256986

If you don't prefer editing the registry, use this utility and reset the
Favorites path to defaults.
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/RedirectFolders.htm

also......

Moving your Favorites to another computer
http://www.eiu.edu/~mediasrv/ie2/manage.html#com

Hope this helps.


Jan :)
MS MVP/Windows - Internet Explorer
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