IE8: Add to favorites -> last create in

"Essexbiker" <> wrote in message
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> I agree wholeheartedly with the comments about IE8 Favorites not
> remembering
> the last folder when adding multiple sites because it takes so much longer
> to
> have to keep scrolling down the list of folders to find the folder you
> want
> to add them to every time! And I too am considering going back to IE7 for
> this very reason.
>
> But I visited this newsgroup to see if there was a solution and I thought
> I
> read that if you open the Favorites SIDEBAR, you should be able to drag
> the
> address from the address bar directly in to a folder on it - but how? I am
> trying out the Windows 7 RC with IE8 and I can copy and paste the address
> into a folder from the address bar. But I can't see how to just drag and
> drop
> it?


Open the sidebar.
Expand the Favorites so it shows the folder you want to save the URL in.
Click and hold the favicon at the L/H end of the address bar. Drag to the
folder required.

You guys are great. I was so busy that I just noticed the problem. If I
hadn't noticed your post I would have wasted the day looking for the answer
thinking I was really dumb. They did the same thing with Office 2007 by
putting in that ribbon, taking away the menus and slowly dropping support for
the older versions. The Chinese had to come out with a product to put the
menus back. There seems to have been a Change with Gates stepping down - now
they want to give us what they feel like instead of what we need. If I
wanted an Apple I would have bought one. I use my machines for business. I
really don't like wasting time only to find out that it's another Microsoft
business policy change.

"Essexbiker" wrote:

> I agree wholeheartedly with the comments about IE8 Favorites not remembering
> the last folder when adding multiple sites because it takes so much longer to
> have to keep scrolling down the list of folders to find the folder you want
> to add them to every time! And I too am considering going back to IE7 for
> this very reason.
>
> But I visited this newsgroup to see if there was a solution and I thought I
> read that if you open the Favorites SIDEBAR, you should be able to drag the
> address from the address bar directly in to a folder on it - but how? I am
> trying out the Windows 7 RC with IE8 and I can copy and paste the address
> into a folder from the address bar. But I can't see how to just drag and drop
> it?
>
> Neither can I see how to get the Favorites SIDEBAR to add sites to the last
> folder used because when I click the Add to Favorites button, it still opens
> up the "Add a favorite" box where it stil forces me to scroll down the
> annoyingly expanded folders list to select the folder I wish to save it to!
>
> Adding sites to the Favorites BAR (the old LINKS bar) is easy enough as most
> people only put their most frequently visited sites in there and do not
> necessarily need to use folders.
>
> But as others have said, having to try and figure out how to use these
> workarounds to add multiple sites to the same folder in IE8 Favorites quickly
> and easily would not be necessary if IE8 worked the same as IE7 and
> automatically remembered the last folder used! Haven't Microsoft heard the
> phrase "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"? They need to remember that most of
> its customers are NOT particularly technically minded - and that they
> shouldn't need to be just to be able to use IE!
>
> --
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> Triple-Core Processor. 3gb RAM. NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS graphics card. Vista
> Home Premium SP2.
>
>
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Rumer1" <> wrote in message
> > news:8BB8FCC3-BB1B-4BE4-804B-...
> > > This is so incredibly annoying. I searched IE8 for an hour thinking
> > > surely
> > > there is an option somewhere to remember last Favorites folder (or
> > > subfolder)
> > > selected. I'm also seriously considering going back to IE7 despite many
> > > features I like in IE8.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Err there IS. Use the Favorites Sidebar. Of course, it won't remember the
> > last folder used if you end the IE session.....
>
>

Has there been a fix to this yet?
I find this so very frustrating as well since I have over 6,700 favorites in
510 folders and it is a waste of time to have to scroll all the way down and
try to find the same folder.
Kissa

"FEhrhardt" wrote:

> Ah Microsoft, if you only had a brain...
>
> Your removal of the IE7 feature (remembering last-used Favs folder) is
> astonishing. I challenge anyone in MSFT or MVPs to defend this gaffe.
>
> I'm trying IE8 on one machine and this screwup alone may convince me to go
> back to IE7. Anyone in MSFT care to comment?
>
> "Stephen." wrote:
>
> > When adding multiple favorites to a sub-directory, the create-in is being
> > forgotton between adds, and resetting to the default Favorites.
> >
> > This 'remember last' function worked in IE7, and I note it was considered
> > for a feature in IE8 at the URL:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...24_ez_ie8.mspx
> > search on page for 'last create in'
> >
> > This omission means I will go back to IE7. (No response required.)
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general

"Kissa" <> wrote in message
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> Has there been a fix to this yet?
> I find this so very frustrating as well since I have over 6,700 favorites
> in
> 510 folders and

> it is a waste of time to have to scroll all the way down and try to find
> the same folder.


So open an Windows Explorer window at that level and drag the URL from the
IE Address bar to it. Alternatively, use the new Add to Favorites Bar
button for all you new additions and then drag them all from that
subdirectory to wherever you want them to be instead. No "scrolling"
required.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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