My Favorites folder

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I made some changes to my system, I added an external hard drive. I moved the
My Favorites folder to the New Drive. When I rebooted, the drive letters
changed and I lost my Internet Explorer Favorites/Links. I am unable to Add
any address to my Favorites or Organize my Favorites. I tried to Uninstall
Internet Explorer using the Control Panel/Add Remove Programs / Add Remove
Windows Components. I un-checked Internet Explorer and then I rechecked
Internet Explorer. When I run Internet Explorer the LINKS are blank and there
is no functionality to the Add / Organize Favorites.

How can I get my Favorites to work short of a complete Wipe and
 
Try changing the Registry key.
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
 
Thanks I will try this.
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Harry P. Goodell
A.K.A. ChiefGSE
US Navy Retired
1976-1996


Alan Edwards said:
Try changing the Registry key.
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.htm

I made some changes to my system, I added an external hard drive. I moved the
My Favorites folder to the New Drive. When I rebooted, the drive letters
changed and I lost my Internet Explorer Favorites/Links. I am unable to Add
any address to my Favorites or Organize my Favorites. I tried to Uninstall
Internet Explorer using the Control Panel/Add Remove Programs / Add Remove
Windows Components. I un-checked Internet Explorer and then I rechecked
Internet Explorer. When I run Internet Explorer the LINKS are blank and there
is no functionality to the Add / Organize Favorites.

How can I get my Favorites to work short of a complete Wipe and
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