Re: Internet Explorer can't find Favorites Folder - How to fix??

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I believe you'll have to delete the REG_SZ value and then add a new one
with type REG_EXPAND_SZ, and in order to do that, you evidemtly need to
use Regedt32 rather than Regedit. Regedit will display REG_EXPAND_SZ
values and let you change them, but it doesn't have the ability to create
them.

If you change both values successfully with IE closed and the changes
still don't stick, something else must be changing them. Either a group
policy or some sort of malware could be the culprit.


Jim Strenk <jimstrenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ALMOST finished! I can MODIFY Favorites in User Shell Folders to read
> %USERPROFILE%\Favorites, HOWEVER, I can NOT change the type from REG_SZ to
> REG_EXPAND_SZ. If I temporarily add a new value to that key, REG_EXPAND_SZ
> is NOT a choice available.

> How do you modify or add a new value of the type REG_EXPAND_SZ?

> Once again, Thank You for your assistance. I have no doubt that with your
> assistance, I will get this matter put to bed!

> "Gary Smith" <bitbucket@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ezlq%23ob5FHA.3760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > As you've discovered, modifying the registry while IE is open does no
> > good, because IE rewrites its settings when it closes. This should
> > correct the problem:
> >
> > Close IE and any other application that may be open. The fewer things
> > going on, the better.
> >
> > Open Regedit, navigate to
> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
> > Folders, and change the "Favorites" value to "C:\Documents and
> > Settings\Strenk\Favorites".
> >
> > Now move down to
> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> > Shell Folders, and change the "Favorites" value there to
> > "%USERPROFILE%\Favorites". The value type here must be REG_EXPAND_SZ.
> > You typically need to make changes to both of these keys in parallel in
> > order for the changes to stick.
> >
> > Now open IE. Your Favorites should be back.
> >
> > No matter how you're logged on, you can by default see settings only for
> > the current user and the default user, which is used to initialize
> > settings when a new user is defined. In order to see and modify settings
> > for another user, you have to load that user's hive. It's not terribly
> > difficult to do, but it's not necessary in this case.
> >



--
Gary L. Smith
Columbus, Ohio
.

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