Re: Organize Favorites - sorting?

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From: Alan Edwards (edwards_at_southcom.com.au)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 06:42:19 +1000

Subkeys for folders that don't exist under that ...Favorites Registry
key shouldn't matter. Close IE and delete that key and everything
should be sorted when you open IE again.

I keep my favorites in C:\Windows\Favorites but that doesn't see
relevant.
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

...Alan 

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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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In microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, Terry Pinnell
<terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:
>Alan Edwards <edwards@southcom.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Use the menu option Favorites and when a favorite flies out,
>>rightclick on it and select "Sort by name"
>>Don't use the Favorites panel. It must be the menu option or you may
>>also do it from Start-Favorites
>>
>Alan, Ron: Thanks both, but I'm afraid that doesn't work here. Neither
>using Sort in MSIE6 or from XP Start>Favorites. The sequence is
>correct *everywhere* except in Organize Favorites, or the left panel
>you get with Ctrl+i.
>
>I think there's something wrong with my registry, because when I go to
>this key with regedit
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites
>
>below it is a list of folders that shouldn't be present. (They are
>some of the ones that sort wrongly in MSIE6). But when I select one
>and try to delete it, I get
>"Cannot delete CD-R or RW:  Error while deleting key."
>
>Another possibility is that this sort issue and the stubborn registry
>are somehow connected with fact that (years ago) I relocated Favorites
>from its default to D:\, to shorten path names and generally 'tidy'
>things up. (I dislike all those C:\Documents & Setings\blah blah
>pathnames!) Where are *your* Favorites folders located please?

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