Re: IE Favorites corrupted / Yay!
From: Allyson (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/23/04
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:58:04 -0800
Wow! That basically fixed it! Thank you!! : ) It took the
system files out of IE favorites. The only thing is my
favorites in IE are now empty - but my favorites folder
in windows explorer still has my original files in it. It
seems to now be pointing to Windows\favorites instead of
Documents and Settings\Family\Favorites folder. What
exactly should the registry values be? When I change the
values to point directly to the family\favorites folder,
it gets changed when I exit the registry. Here is what
the registry keeps changing to.
User Shell Folders is C:\Windows\Favorites - Favorites is
the only one without the %.
Shell Folders is C:\Windows\favorites
Also, under current version\explorer\menu order there is
a favorites folder with what appears to be the windows
files that were showing in IE before I made the change.
Should that folder contain those files?
I appreciate all of your help!
Allyson
>-----Original Message-----
>It may be just the Registry reference that is wrong.
>You can change the value of Favorites in the Registry in
these
>two keys:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Explorer\Shell
>Folders
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Explorer\User
>Shell Folders
>
>....Alan
>--
>Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
>In
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "Allyso
n"
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm running XP. My computer got the Netsky virus and I
>>removed it with Norton's removal tool. Now my IE
browser
>>is screwy. My favorites have been replaced with all of
my
>>Windows system files! If I try to delete them from my
>>favorites, it deletes them totally from my system. (I
>>tested this by deleting one of my desktop background
pics
>>Zapotec - and when I went into back display it was
gone.)
>>BUT, if I go into explorer and view my folders, then my
>>favorites are in my favorites folder and my windows
>>system files are in my windows folder as they should
be.
>>Is there such thing as a phantom file? Would
uninstalling
>>and reinstalling IE6 delete my system files? Is a
>>reformat in order? I cannot restore as I had to turn
off
>>that feature to do the Netsky removal tool and lost my
>>previous restore points. Any ideas are appreciated!
>
>.
>
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