favorites disappear from IE 6.0

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my favorites have disappeared from IE 6.0
more specifically, i can't add or even access them from IE.
for now i have made 'favorites toolbar' so i can access them.

Last time this happened, i gave up and just reinstalled everything on my PC
like it fresh off the assembly line.
Id rather not do that again.

I also seem to be experiencing an error.
"error 1606. could not access network location %userprofile%\favorites\"
when i try to install anything now. don't know if these problems are related
tho.
i tried microsofts solution:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;886549
and nothing worked.

thanks for any help you can give

michael
 
Have you checked the Registry?

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
 
i used the link i supplied, and foolowed the directions explicitly, and to no
avail...
it looks like the same/similar instructions.

i went back last night after this posting and tried MS's solution again
and things looked differently in the Reg.
So i tried it again and now i get my favorites back.
What kind of 'witchcraft' makes this happen to begin with?
( witchcraft i used as a joke)

thanks for your help and time...

Alan Edwards said:
Have you checked the Registry?

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

my favorites have disappeared from IE 6.0
more specifically, i can't add or even access them from IE.
for now i have made 'favorites toolbar' so i can access them.

Last time this happened, i gave up and just reinstalled everything on my PC
like it fresh off the assembly line.
Id rather not do that again.

I also seem to be experiencing an error.
"error 1606. could not access network location %userprofile%\favorites\"
when i try to install anything now. don't know if these problems are related
tho.
i tried microsofts solution:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;886549
and nothing worked.

thanks for any help you can give

michael
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