Removing rogue bookmarks from the Favourites list

[Frank Burns]

When I add new items to my Favourites, sometimes they get screwed up.
That is, they don't point to any page and also I can't delete them from the
Favourites list.
What's going on here?
And how can I remove these rogue bookmarks from my Favourites?

Frank.

 

[Hyung Jin Ro [MSFT]]

If Favorites option menu isn't successful, try deleting directly from
%sysdir%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites

 

[Guest]

i have allready a couple of hundred rogue bookmarks e.e. favourites from former provider,hhow to remove them

 

[Ashokan Achari [MSFT]]

Hi,

There are 2 method for this solution:

Method 1:
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Go to "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Favorites" (for Win 2k/XP) or
"C:\Windows\Favorites" (for Win 9x)
Delete the items you do not require.

Method 2: (This will just narrow down the problem)
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Disable all the third-party services and all the startup programs to see if
the problem still exists.

a. Click Start, Run, type "msconfig" and press Enter.
b. Click the System.ini tab and click the "Disable All" Button.
c. Click the Win.ini tab and click the "Disable All" Button.
d. Click the Services tab, click to select the "Hide All Microsoft
Services" and click the "Disable All" Button.
e. Click the Startup tab and click the "Disable All" Button.
f. Click OK.

Reboot your computer to see if the problem still exists. If it does not
exists then it's either in "win.ini" or "system.ini" or as a service in
your system.
In Win.ini, System.ini, Autoexec.bat, and Config.sys to see what all is
loading there (in win.ini, look at LOAD= and RUN= lines. In the others, you
will simply see command lines. The Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files in a
clean installation are usually empty, as are the Load and Run lines in
Win.ini. You can probably disable these first two completely, and uncheck
the Load & Run lines for testing purposes. If you find yourself unable to
restart after disabling items, just boot into Safe Mode and re-enable them.

Hope this helps........


Ashok (Ashokan Achari)

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