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Vanishing Favourites

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Gareth1978

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I'm using IE6 with Win 2k. My favourites have vanished. They are still there in Documents and settings in my profile but not when I click on Favourites in IE. I'm not sure if the issue is with IE or 2k..

Any advice much apreciated.

**One day, I will find a question that no one else has answered........and will also know the answer to it ! **
 
Open IE and open you favorites folder then higlight and drag them into your IE favorites.
 
Check the registry for the location pointed to at these two locations:

You can change the value of Favorites in the Registry in these two keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellFolders

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserShell Folders

 
I just had mine vanish, I was online during a server reboot. My favorites are (were) on the Network, so I assumed it reset to C:\Documents and Settings\USername. I can't access my Registry, so I did the drag&drop from my H: drive. That worked, but it didn't actually copy them to the C drive. Huh? So I thought maybe it reset the pointer to my H:\Favorites folder. To test that wild theory I added a new favorite - it's not on the H: or the C drive, but its there somewhere! Where else could it be ?
 
Never Mind. I found it in the WINNT folder.
 
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