Re: Favorites List Disappeared

(cross-post added to Vista General)
"GusGus" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Robert
> Thank you for trying to help!
> I have the English V. IE 7. Alt+a highlights the Favorites Menu and a box
> below it with lines: Add to Favorites, Add Tab Group to Favorites (Greyed
> Out), Organize Favorites…, Mobile Favorites (Empty).


Great. That is actually showing more than I expected. ; )
So it makes me think that you have a Favorites directory which is just empty.



> Normally, below that
> there should be a list of Web sites I have added to my favorites, but there
> isn’t.


Yes. In particular I would normally expect to see an automatically created
subdirectory called Links.


> Pressing Ctrl+I opens the Favorites (with the star) List box with the
> Mobile Favorites folder, but none of the other of my Favorites folders.


Oh? Mobile Favorites is a folder? So it would be similar to Links
and therefore you should be able to do the right-click Properties check
for path (aka Location) on it.


> I
> believe IE can’t find the location of the bookmark.htm file which is in
> C:\Users\my name\documents\bookmark.htm.


bookmark.htm sounds like an exported collection of links?
If you wanted IE to use them you would need to Import that into your Favorites directory. E.g. using File, Import...


> I created a folder in IE Favorites and found it in Windows Explorer in
> C:\Users\my name\Downloads.
> What do I do from here? How do tell IE where it is?


Good question. You're using Vista. I'm not. ; }
FWIW I would have expected you to find it in
%USERPROFILE%\Favorites

Is that Mobile Favorites in the same directory?


Cross-posting to Vista General for better exposure to Vista users...


BTW you didn't answer all my questions. Did you try the same tests
with a WE window? What were the results then?


Good luck

Robert
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> GusGus
>
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
>> "GusGus" <> wrote in message
>> news:F28CFC7C-F366-48B7-98B7-...
>> > Recently, I bought a Laptop from Dell with Vista OS and things were working
>> > well including IE 7. Then in IE 7, “Favorites� can’t find the Favorites
>> > folder in Windows Explorer. I can add a web site in IE Favorites, but it
>> > doesn’t show in the drop down list. In fact, there is no drop down list!
>>
>>
>> Just to be clear about your symptom and assuming an English version
>> of IE, what do you see exactly if you press Alt+a ? Just the menu label?
>> Or at least the Favorites commands? What happens if you press Ctrl+d?
>> (Add to Favorites) Can you create a new folder? If so, use a unique
>> name and find out where it is, using an Explorer search if necessary.
>>
>> What about the Favorites bar? E.g. press Ctrl+i what do you see then?
>> If you see the new folder you created you could use right-click Properties
>> to see its location and thus where your registry is pointing to as your Favorites
>> directory.
>>
>>
>> > However it is in the Favorites file in Windows Explorer.
>>
>>
>> Do the same tests there. I suspect you will find that somehow
>> the WE window is looking at a different directory for Favorites...
>>
>>
>> > Can anyone inform me on how to get the Favorites list back?
>>
>>
>> First find out why it isn't showing up... ; )
>>
>>
>> > GusGus
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Robert Aldwinckle
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>>
>>
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