Re: IE7 Favorites Disappeared (had previously existed)

(cross-post added to Vista General)
"5unique" <> wrote in message
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>I have been using IE7 (with Vista) for 6+ months with no problem, adding and
> organising my Favorites. The contents of the Favorites Center is now blank,
> I am unable to add a new folder, or favorite, or organise them.
>
> My Favorites folder still exists on my C: drive, and has contents in it. I
> have also verified the registry setting points to the correct location:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
> Folders
>
> I have completed a virus & spyware scan and no problems were found. Can
> anyone help?


Make sure that you have a Desktop.ini file in that directory
and that it has the expected contents. I don't have your OS
and don't know if yours will look like mine.

<Desktop.ini OS="XPsp2">
[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=-173
LocalizedResourceName=@shell32.dll,-12693
</Desktop.ini>

I guess that one will also require that you have an Environment variable called SystemRoot.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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