MS AntiSpyware changing "favorites"

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charles

Has anyone had this problem?
I share my PC with another user. It appears this software
replaced the other users Favorites (internet bookmarks)
with mine.
Chas
 
It did because the other user TOLD it to do so.

The current release only supports the administrator
account that installed the account, your account in this
case. If another person logs into their account, the
app "detects" a change to the system settings and asks
the user if they want to allow or block the change. The
other user click on block, but DID NOT read the warning
message to see what they were really blocking. The
original path listed is the path to your Favorites and
the other path listed is their Favorites.

Using System Restore might correct the problem, but I
wouldn't count on it since System Restore real focus is
on the program data and system files, not personal
settings/preferences. They might have to backup their
files, delete their account, and create a new account.

Alan
 
Brilliant! After looking through posts for solutions to the Favorites
problem, I find this (over and over). Hmm, how did the user profile become
corrupted?? Maybe by installing this software? I understand this is a
"beta" version, however, I don't think MS should be pushing this so hard
without any real support.

There are better alternatives.

Microsoft
Anti
Spyware
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User
 
I had the same problem, and in trying to fix it I ended up losing my
favorites. Before you do that, try this, it fixed my problem. Go to Start
and run regedit. Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellFolders

You have to make sure that favorites is a REG_EXPAND_SZ type, and that the
data is %USERPROFILE%\Favorites
 
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