Links Bar Icon arrangement

[Guest]

A recent problem/aggravation has developed. Whenever I restart my PC, the
arrangement of the icons on my Links Bar changes to a default - folders and
then shortcuts, alphabetically. What's the point of being able to customize
the order if this happens? ;-) As I get older, I like some things to "stay
the same."

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

A recent problem/aggravation has developed. Whenever I restart my PC, the
arrangement of the icons on my Links Bar changes to a default - folders
and
then shortcuts, alphabetically. What's the point of being able to
customize
the order if this happens? ;-) As I get older, I like some things to
"stay
the same."

It might be a security program blocking the Registry change it needs to
make. A few, but not all, of the programs now doing this are:
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
IBM Access Connections
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Spyware Doctor
Windows Defender
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 or Norton 2007 it actually has to be
uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you
reinstall Zone Alarm.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the change.