Re: Thanks again Alan

From: Alan Edwards (edwards_at_southcom.com.au)
Date: 03/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:00:58 +1100

I have read your next reply and all seems OK but I will try and clear
up the red-herring.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites
doesn't have any files in it. It only hold the menu order.
You can delete it if you like.It will be rebuilt and all your
favorites will be in alpha order. I delete mine occasionally instead
of sorting by name.

...Alan 

-- 
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html
 
In microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "Allyson"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I was thinking that maybe a virus piggy backed on the 
>Netsky I just got rid of. I'm going to run a virus scan 
>again and see what it might find. 
>
>It appears the linking between my IE favorites menu 
>button and my actual favorites folder has changed. If I 
>bookmark a site now, instead of putting it into my 
>original favorites folder (C:\Documents and 
>Settings\Family\Favorites) it puts it in 
>C:\Windows\Favorites as the registry key points to. 
>Sooo...it bookmarks to Windows\favorites and points to 
>windows\favorites. Maybe I should just let it be? But I 
>hate it when things aren't right!! 
>
>In reference to the red-herring, should I delete the 
>system files that are in there? It must have put them in 
>there when they were in my favorites before.  
>
>Thank you so much for all your help! 
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I am not sure what is changing them.
>>I can't tell you the exact values. In Win98, I have
>>C:\Windows\Favorites. In XP (I assume that is what you 
>are using) it
>>is different and your longer folder name looks correct 
>for you.
>>See if there is an equivalent key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 
>but I think
>>the answer may lie elsewhere. A virus? A parasite?
>>I will see what I can find.
>>
>>The other key you found is a red-herring.
>>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
>on\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites
>>That key only holds the order of the favorites that you 
>see (or used
>>to)
>>
>>....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:
>>
>>>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\CurrentVer
>si
>>>on\Explorer\Shell
>>>>Folders
>>>>
>>>>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVer
>si
>>>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, "Ally
>so
>>>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!
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>