Re: Internet Explorer Favorites Not Working

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

I downloaded yesterday's MS updates and my favourites (sorry, Favorites)
disappeared from IE 6 but the button is still there showing "Add" and
"Organise" both of which do nothing, though they (Favorites) still appear in
Windows Explorer (Win XP, totally up-to-date). Trying to get them back into
IE says cannot find bookmarks.htm

I'll try thhe suggestions below and report back (or try IE7 again).
Keith
"Jan Il" <abuseSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ut%23SMDcMGHA.964@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Busta :-)

Try the information here and see if it helps:

Go to Tools>Internet Options >Advanced tab
Uncheck "Enable Personalized Favorites Menu"
Click on Apply then click OK.

or..

Perhaps your Favorites are not deleted. Have you checked in the Favorites
folder for your User file? If they are still there, you can rename the
old folder to Favorites_Old, then reboot and let Windows create a new one,
and then copy the Favorites from the Old folder back into the new folder.
Follow the instructions here to create a new Favorites folder:

How to create a new Favorites folder:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers3.htm#favorites

if still no joy check the following:

Files Added to Favorites Folder Are Missing [Q209088]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q209088
"Internet Explorer Favorites are missing/empty".
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#favorites
Show All Items on the Start Menu or Favorites Menu
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230596/EN-US/

and....

Display all the links on the favorites menu
Bookmark Wizard http://www.moonsoftware.com/freeware.asp
AMdead Link http://www.aignes.com/products.htm

also...

Courtesy of Remesh -

Open Registry Editor and navigate to this location:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]
In the right-pane, double-click "Favorites" and copy the value and post it
here.

The correct value should be: "%USERPROFILE%\Favorites"

or...

It might be an incorrect Registry setting:

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

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


My Internet Explorer Favorites Have Stopped Working. All My Favorites
Have
Been Deleted, And I Can't Save Any New Ones. When I Click The Favorites
Drop
Down Menu The Only Options Are Add And Organize. Add Doesnt Work, But I
Can
Go To Organize, When Im In Organize And Click Create Folder I Get A
Message
Error 306, And That's The Only Thing I Can Do In That Folder. Ive Run
Norton
Anti-Virus And Have Found Nothing Wrong. Has Anyone Else Had Or Have This
Problem. Im Running 6.0 On XP




.

Quantcast