Re: Alphabetize Favorites

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/14/04


Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:45:33 -0500


"Laurel" <FakeMail@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, Frank, I've been looking for this info for years!
> BUT.... since I applied your fix below, the most recently used feature
> doesn't seem to be working anymore. I double checked, and "Enable
> Personalized Favorites Menu" is still checked. Might it be that I
> can't have dynamic sorting and "most recently used" at the same time?
>
>
>> If you want them to automatically alpha-sort even as new entries are
>> added, you need a registry edit. Navigate to:
>>
>> HKEY CURRENT
>> USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Menu
>> Order\Favorites
>>
>> and delete the value named 'Order'. Also delete this value for any
>> subfolders. Then, with the favorite key highlited, click on Edit >
>> Permissions and deny 'Full Access' to Administrators, yourself, etc.
>> This will prevent the key from being automatically recreated.
>>
>> --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>> Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
>> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>> Protect your PC
>> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

I don't really know, but I would suspect that it just got zeroed out and you
will have to wait three days for it to kick in again.

-- 
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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