Bookmarks/Favorites

[eyetry]

Opened IE the other day and my 'Favorites' were gone. Went to 'Docs & Settings' and they are still there.

There are no similar user names so that has remained static so I haven't inadvertantly created a new user name plus my desktop icon are in tact.

using sp1 (sp2 not an option)
ie 6.0.28

any idea what happened?

Better still any idea on how to fix it?

 

[linney]

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_favorites.htm

210961 - Files Added to Favorites Folder May Not Appear in Favorites Menus

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;210961&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

302554 - General Information About Favorites

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302554&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

259735 - Favorites May Not Sort in Alphabetical Order

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259735&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Have a look at the freeware program called FavOrg.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Bookmark-Managers/favorg.shtml

Synchronize and Favorites
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[bcastner]

There are many causes and consequently fixes:

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...71edb4be9e5/5f805019dfbc8bff#5f805019dfbc8bff

My bet: %USERPROFILE%\Favorites is the wrong registry type

. With regedit, navigate to the
[HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]

. Look in the right panel for Favorites, highlight it
. Right click it and select Rename and rename it Favorites_Old
. While in the right pane, right click on any open area, you'll see the word New ->
. Click on it and a list will appear, select Expandable String Value (at the bottom)
. Click on it and you will see a New Value#1 tag appear at the bottom of the list
. Type in Favorites and then click any open place on the right pane to close the tag
. You will see there is a Value Type of REG_EXPAND_SZ nest to it in the Type field
. Double click on the new Favorites name to open it
. In the Value data window paste the %USERPROFILE%\Favorites and click OK
. Save and close the Registry

See if that resolves the problem. If this resolves the problem, you can delete the Favorites_Old in the Registry. If not, then just delete the new Favorites and rename the Favorites_Old back to Favorites, Save and close the registry.