Re: Retargeting the MSIE Favorites folder
- From: Alan Edwards <edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:37:56 +1000
[crossposting removed]
You can change the value of Favorites in the Registry in these
two keys: (ignore the second if the value is not there)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
For Windows 2000/XP:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]
Set the Favorites path to : %USERPROFILE%\Favorites
The above should be a REG_EXPAND_SZ value, not REG_SZ
Ref: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#favorites
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm
....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:47:14 +0100, rta897@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>On my old computer, I set things up so the MSIE Favorites folder was
>located on my PGPdisk volume. The purpose of this is to ensure the
>privacy of all entries in the MSIE Favorites folder, because if my
>laptop is ever stolen that would be sensitive information.
>
>The way I did that was to have a folder called Favorites located on
>the PGPdisk volume, and a shortcut called Favorites.lnk pointing from
>the \windows directory to the folder Favorites on the PGP volume. This
>arrangement worked fine. It was achieved by a simple copy /
>paste-shortcut.
>
>I cannot get this arrangement to work on my new computer. I have
>similarly created a Favorites folder (denoted with a star in Windows
>Explorer) on the PGPdisk volume, and created a Favorites.lnk shortcut
>in the directory where MSIE locates its Favorites folder. The problem
>is that I cannot delete MSIE's original Favorites folder. If I try to
>delete it in Windows Explorer it says 'Favorites is a Windows system
>folder and is required for Windows to run properly. It cannot be
>deleted'. If I issue a command rmdir /s Favorites then the folder
>is magically recreated.
>
>While that folder exists, Windows takes no notice of my Favorites.lnk
>shortcut, which points to the desired Favorites folder on my PGPdisk.
>
>How can I get rid of this damn system Favorites folder without it
>reappearing on next reboot? Merely moving it to the PGPdisk volume is
>no good because then it gets recreated on next boot whereupon the
>PGPdisk will not mount into that directory, and mounts instead as a
>drive letter.
>
>Alternatively, I have looked for a registry setting for the MSIE
>Favorites folder, but haven't achieved any result there.
>
>Help, please.
....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html
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