Re: Help - I have lost my Favorites

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You do not need a 3rd party program, unless maybe your drive is formatted
FAT32. If your drive is formatted NTFS, you can make your folders private.

To make your folders private
Navigate to Documents and Settings\Your Name Here
Right click whatever folder(s) and click Properties
On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have
access to it check box.

Make this folder private so that only I have access to it
[[Specifies that only you can access the folder. When you make a folder
private, you also make all the files and subfolders it contains private.
This option is only available for your folders in your user profile (My
Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, and Favorites). If you
want to make a file in a private folder available to other users, you can
move the file to the Shared Documents, Shared Pictures, or Shared Music
folders.]]

[[This option is only available for folders included in your user profile.
Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders,
Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these
folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.

When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well.
For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and
My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its
subfolders unless you make them private. ]]

To make your folders private
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_make_folders_private.mspx

HOW TO: Set the My Documents Folder as "Private" in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298399

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:dpprof$qbl$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
VG <vivanonym.gridley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e6vfQx7EGHA.1028@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> My question is, why hide your Favorites folder from yourself?
>>
>> Seems pointless to me.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> I agree with you, but it is an option provided with the program that I had
> ticked by accident.
> I suppose that if you wished to prevent other users from seeing which web
> sites you had book marked, it might have it's uses .
> Of course the whole idea behind the program is to keep other users who
> might be sharing your computer, from accessing your private folders.
>
> VG
>
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:dpoe61$mv7$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> VG <vivanonym.gridley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:%236lyLUvEGHA.2292@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> http://www.newsoftwares.net/folderlock/
>>>>
>>>> For security, unplug your computer.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:11rt5qi6k40b5de@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>>> Bob Hunt <robert34@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> "VG" <vivanonym.gridley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:dpm191$qv7$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "VG" <vivanonym.gridley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:dpm027$o18$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> My Favorites folder has suddenly disappeared.
>>>>>>> I have Windows XP Home and IE6
>>>>>>> When I look in 'Documents and Setting/sMy Name/.....' the Favorites
>>>>>>> folder is not visible, but I can see it when I start windows in
>>>>>>> 'Safe Mode'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have tried restoring the Favorites folder using Nortan Ghost but
>>>>>>> windows will not accept it, saying the folder already exists. I then
>>>>>>> restore it in 'Safe Mode' and it appears to restore ok. I then
>>>>>>> revert to
>>>>>>> the normal windows mode and I still cannot see the Favorites folder.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have made sure that in 'Control Panel/Folder Options//View' that
>>>>>>> 'Show
>>>>>>> Hidden Files & Folders' is enabled.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Could this be a Registry problem?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can anyone help please?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have found the solution.
>>>>>> I have a small program called 'Folder Lock' which had hidden the
>>>>>> Favorites folder for security reasons. I have now restored my
>>>>>> Favorites
>>>>>> to normal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> VG
>>>>>>
>>>>> "VG" tell us about this small program called "Folder Lock" just in
>>>>> case this happens to someone else. Is this a small MS program, or
>>>>> something you have installed? Does it only lock the Favorites
>>>>> folder, or does it lock any folder, and what caused it to lock?
>>>>> thanks for any information.
>>>>
>>> Folder Lock is supplied by the following organisation (Folder Lock® - ©
>>> Copyright 2005 - NewSoftwares.net Inc.)
>>> It hides sensitive files and folders and as an option will also delete
>>> all
>>> traces of internet activity.
>>> One has the option to delete 'History' and hide 'Favorits'
>>> I had inadvertently ticked the latter.
>>> As I stated previously, this folder can still be seen or editted in
>>> 'Safe Mode' which is no consolation if one is unduly worried about
>>> security, but
>>> will remain hidden again when Windows is booted normally.
>>>
>>> VG

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