Favorite Links eats my entire folders

Hello. I'm super-new at this forum, but after searching around, I foun
posts from someone that had a very similar problem to mine, so I though
I'd try my luck too, and see if anyone knows how to fix this. :

My problem is that I accidentally deleted my -C:\Users......\Links
folder earlier, and then everything under "Favorite Links" in folde
view disappeared. I found a way to re-create it by doing
-RUN>shell:links- command. This did the trick, but now, when I drag
folder onto the Favorite Links, the folder itself is moved int
-C:\Users......\Links,- and not just a shortcut to the folder. When
drag a folder onto Favorite Links, I want a shortcut to that folde
appear -- I don't want the whole folder to move into
-C:\Users......\Links. :

-I'm sorry if it's hard to understand this; my English isn't ver
good.If someone has any idea how to fix this problem (can it be done i
the registry, perhaps?), I would be very happy if you could post here :

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pinoniceusagi

This might be simple enough to work for you,

Place a shortcut on the desktop, (right click the folder, etc)
then drag that shortcut to where you want it.

Hope that helps.



"pinoniceusagi" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hello. I'm super-new at this forum, but after searching around, I found
> posts from someone that had a very similar problem to mine, so I thought
> I'd try my luck too, and see if anyone knows how to fix this.
>
> My problem is that I accidentally deleted my -C:\Users......\Links-
> folder earlier, and then everything under "Favorite Links" in folder
> view disappeared. I found a way to re-create it by doing a
> -RUN>shell:links- command. This did the trick, but now, when I drag a
> folder onto the Favorite Links, the folder itself is moved into
> -C:\Users......\Links,- and not just a shortcut to the folder. When I
> drag a folder onto Favorite Links, I want a shortcut to that folder
> appear -- I don't want the whole folder to move into
> -C:\Users......\Links.
>
> -I'm sorry if it's hard to understand this; my English isn't very
> good.If someone has any idea how to fix this problem (can it be done in
> the registry, perhaps?), I would be very happy if you could post here
>
>
> --
> pinoniceusagi

Spaceman;720651 Wrote:
> This might be simple enough to work for you
>
> Place a shortcut on the desktop, (right click the folder, etc
> then drag that shortcut to where you want it
> :
> Hope that helps
>
>
>
> "pinoniceusagi" <> wrote in messag
> news:..

Thank you for answering

Yes, this works, but is this the way it is supposed to work? I though
Vista would automatically make a shortcut when I dragged a normal folde
onto the Favorite Links menu

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pinoniceusagi

"pinoniceusagi" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thank you for answering!
>
> Yes, this works, but is this the way it is supposed to work? I thought
> Vista would automatically make a shortcut when I dragged a normal folder
> onto the Favorite Links menu?

I think Windows has almost always tried to move before copying a folder

The basic default drag and drop is to move or copy the entire folder/file
Glad it worked out for ya.

On Fri, 23 May 2008 20:53:13 -0500, pinoniceusagi
<> wrote:

>
>Spaceman;720651 Wrote:
>> This might be simple enough to work for you,
>>
>> Place a shortcut on the desktop, (right click the folder, etc)
>> then drag that shortcut to where you want it.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>>
>>
>> "pinoniceusagi" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>
>Thank you for answering!
>
>Yes, this works, but is this the way it is supposed to work? I thought
>Vista would automatically make a shortcut when I dragged a normal folder
>onto the Favorite Links menu?

Favorites aren't shortcuts, they're hyperlinks to web pages and behave
differently getting labeled by Vista as Internet shortcuts. You can
have shortcuts in folders, but not make the folders themselves
shortcuts since they are containers and won't behave that way. You can
"open" the folder to see it's content which may have shortcuts inside.

There are a lot of strange things about how Windows file system
navigates. The original designers must have been on drugs.

"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Favorites aren't shortcuts, they're hyperlinks to web pages and behave
> differently getting labeled by Vista as Internet shortcuts. You can
> have shortcuts in folders, but not make the folders themselves
> shortcuts since they are containers and won't behave that way. You can
> "open" the folder to see it's content which may have shortcuts inside.
>

Actually, they are just 'shortcuts' placed in a special (internet shortcut)
folder.
And you can make folders into shortcuts on the desktop or any other folder.
and yes, you can even place a shortcut to any folder in the favorites menu
folder.

On Fri, 23 May 2008 22:22:29 -0400, "Spaceman"
<> wrote:

>
>"pinoniceusagi" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Thank you for answering!
>>
>> Yes, this works, but is this the way it is supposed to work? I thought
>> Vista would automatically make a shortcut when I dragged a normal folder
>> onto the Favorite Links menu?
>
>I think Windows has almost always tried to move before copying a folder
>
>The basic default drag and drop is to move or copy the entire folder/file
>Glad it worked out for ya.
>
>

The default right click action in Windows Explorer has always been to
first assume you wanted to copy to whatever location you're dragging
to. In older versions of Windows if you repeated the action enough
times and "moved" as opposed to "copy" then after several attempts it
wouldn't ask any more and just move the file. That feature seems lost
in Vista.

One more time for the clueless... So many things is Vista are broke,
damaged, missing or altered from past versions it practically screams
it was rushed out the door without regard to long established user
preferences.

On Fri, 23 May 2008 22:39:07 -0400, "Spaceman"
<> wrote:

>
>"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> Favorites aren't shortcuts, they're hyperlinks to web pages and behave
>> differently getting labeled by Vista as Internet shortcuts. You can
>> have shortcuts in folders, but not make the folders themselves
>> shortcuts since they are containers and won't behave that way. You can
>> "open" the folder to see it's content which may have shortcuts inside.
>>
>
>Actually, they are just 'shortcuts' placed in a special (internet shortcut)
>folder.
>And you can make folders into shortcuts on the desktop or any other folder.
>and yes, you can even place a shortcut to any folder in the favorites menu
>folder.

Sure, but why would you want to?

I have my Favorites divided into folders by categories thusly:

Before making a shortcut to Music folder my Favorites looks like:

Example: Favorites....
bunch of stuff (links) not yet sorted
Music folder links
Clip Art folder links
Investing folder links
and so on...

If I make the Music folder a shortcut in the favorites folder, all
that does it place the shortcut in the list.

After making a shortcut to Music folder my Favorites now looks like:

bunch of stuff (links) not yet sorted
===> new shortcut to Music folder
Music folder links
Clip Art folder links
Investing folder links
and so on...

It add nothing of value

???

"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 23 May 2008 22:39:07 -0400, "Spaceman"
> <> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
> >news:.. .
> >> Favorites aren't shortcuts, they're hyperlinks to web pages and behave
> >> differently getting labeled by Vista as Internet shortcuts. You can
> >> have shortcuts in folders, but not make the folders themselves
> >> shortcuts since they are containers and won't behave that way. You can
> >> "open" the folder to see it's content which may have shortcuts inside.
> >>
> >
> >Actually, they are just 'shortcuts' placed in a special (internet
shortcut)
> >folder.
> >And you can make folders into shortcuts on the desktop or any other
folder.
> >and yes, you can even place a shortcut to any folder in the favorites
menu
> >folder.
>
> Sure, but why would you want to?
>
> I have my Favorites divided into folders by categories thusly:
>
> Before making a shortcut to Music folder my Favorites looks like:
>
> Example: Favorites....
> bunch of stuff (links) not yet sorted
> Music folder links
> Clip Art folder links
> Investing folder links
> and so on...
>
> If I make the Music folder a shortcut in the favorites folder, all
> that does it place the shortcut in the list.
>
> After making a shortcut to Music folder my Favorites now looks like:
>
> bunch of stuff (links) not yet sorted
> ===> new shortcut to Music folder
> Music folder links
> Clip Art folder links
> Investing folder links
> and so on...
>
> It add nothing of value

I am not talking about making a copy of a shortcut that is already there.
and yes, that would be a waste to make copies of folders that are already
there.

I am talking about any other folders that are not there already that you
wish
to access quickly from your favorites menu

The folder lost it's desktop.ini file when it was deleted. The
'DefaultDropEffect' entry is the one that changes the drag & drop behavior.
You can recreate it by pasting the following into notepad:

------------------------------------------
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell 32.dll,-21810
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-185
DefaultDropEffect=4
[LocalizedFileNames]
Public.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21816
Searches.lnk=@shell32.dll,-9031
Recently Changed.lnk=@shell32.dll,-32813
Music.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21790
Pictures.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21779
Documents.lnk=@shell32.dll,-21770
----------------------------------------------

Then save the file in the Links folder as 'desktop.ini'.

For Explorer to process the information found in a folder's desktop.ini
file, the folder's read-only attribute must be set. Open a command prompt
window, ensure you are in 'C:\Users\<UserName>' and type the following
command:

attrib +r links

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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"pinoniceusagi" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hello. I'm super-new at this forum, but after searching around, I found
> posts from someone that had a very similar problem to mine, so I thought
> I'd try my luck too, and see if anyone knows how to fix this.
>
> My problem is that I accidentally deleted my -C:\Users......\Links-
> folder earlier, and then everything under "Favorite Links" in folder
> view disappeared. I found a way to re-create it by doing a
> -RUN>shell:links- command. This did the trick, but now, when I drag a
> folder onto the Favorite Links, the folder itself is moved into
> -C:\Users......\Links,- and not just a shortcut to the folder. When I
> drag a folder onto Favorite Links, I want a shortcut to that folder
> appear -- I don't want the whole folder to move into
> -C:\Users......\Links.
>
> -I'm sorry if it's hard to understand this; my English isn't very
> good.If someone has any idea how to fix this problem (can it be done in
> the registry, perhaps?), I would be very happy if you could post here
>
>
> --
> pinoniceusagi