Problem with Favorites (old menu showing up)

[crazedmarilyn]

My favorites menu seems to have gone back to an old
version from about August 2003 for some reason. A lot of
favorites that were deleted before are back on it, and
new ones I've added aren't there. But when I look at the
favorites folder on my actual hard drive through Windows
Explorer, all of the favorites show up as they should. So
I'm not sure why they're completely different when I open
up the menu through Internet Explorer or my Start Menu.
I'm running on Windows XP.

I was having some issues with my computer due to the
avserve.exe virus, and did a System Restore. I don't know
if that would have anything to do with this problem
though, since I did it from a checkpoint only a few weeks
ago.

I just find this very odd and would like my current
favorites to show up. Any ideas on how to fix it?

Thanks

 

[H Leboeuf]

Could be a bad TIF index, start a new slate.

Delete/Empty Temporary Internet Cache completely
How To: and with most operating system.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I'm not sure why they're completely different when I open

up the menu through Internet Explorer or my Start Menu.

The most likely explanation is that there are two folders.
Unless you have checked the properties of one of the items
in the menu in order to see the path explicitly, you can't even
really assume that it is in a folder called Favorites.
However, my guess is that you will find that the folder is called
Favorites but it is in a different Profile which hasn't been used
for a while.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle