Transfering Favorites

[Guest]

I accidently moved my favorites folders onto a removable hard drive. When I
moved them back into the correct place, IE 6 does not find them. When I use
Windows Explorer to check, the favorite folders are in place in the proper
settings location, but IE will not recognize them. The only way I can use my
favorites is to go to the favorites folder on my removable drive and click on
them there.

How do I get a working copy of my Favorites folders from my removable hard
drive onto my C: drive?

Thanks to all!

 

[Alan Edwards]

I suspect the REgistry is pointing to the wrong place.

You can change the value of Favorites in the Registry in these
two keys: (ignore the second if the value is not there)

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

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

For Windows 2000/XP:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]
Set the Favorites path to : %USERPROFILE%\Favorites


The above should be a REG_EXPAND_SZ value, not REG_SZ


Ref: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#favorites
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm



....Alan

 

[Guest]

Indeed, the registry was pointing to the removable drive. Many thanks Alan!

DG

I suspect the REgistry is pointing to the wrong place.

You can change the value of Favorites in the Registry in these
two keys: (ignore the second if the value is not there)

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

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

For Windows 2000/XP:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]
Set the Favorites path to : %USERPROFILE%\Favorites


The above should be a REG_EXPAND_SZ value, not REG_SZ


Ref: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#favorites
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm



....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows -Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

I accidently moved my favorites folders onto a removable hard drive. When I
moved them back into the correct place, IE 6 does not find them. When I use
Windows Explorer to check, the favorite folders are in place in the proper
settings location, but IE will not recognize them. The only way I can use my
favorites is to go to the favorites folder on my removable drive and click on
them there.

How do I get a working copy of my Favorites folders from my removable hard
drive onto my C: drive?

Thanks to all!