It is a pain but I have never seen any way around it.
No idea why it was changed.
....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:30:09 -0500, in
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general, "Jo-Anne"
<Jo-> wrote:
>Using WinXP. In earlier versions of IE, when I bookmarked more than one
>webpage during a session, the default folder for placing the bookmark was
>the last one used, and of course I could change it if I wanted to. Now, in
>IE8, the default is always "Favorites," which means I always have to change
>it to the folder I want. Is there any way I can change that default? I
>checked Internet Options | Advanced, but I couldn't find anything there.
>Thank you!
>
>Jo-Anne
>