(cross-post added to Vista General)
Post by GusGusHi Robert
Thank you for trying to help!
I have the English V. IE 7. Alt+a highlights the Favorites Menu and a box
below it with lines: Add to Favorites, Add Tab Group to Favorites (Greyed
Out), Organize FavoritesâŠ, Mobile Favorites (Empty).
Great. That is actually showing more than I expected. ; )
So it makes me think that you have a Favorites directory which is just empty.
Post by GusGusNormally, below that
there should be a list of Web sites I have added to my favorites, but there
isnât.
Yes. In particular I would normally expect to see an automatically created
subdirectory called Links.
Post by GusGusPressing Ctrl+I opens the Favorites (with the star) List box with the
Mobile Favorites folder, but none of the other of my Favorites folders.
Oh? Mobile Favorites is a folder? So it would be similar to Links
and therefore you should be able to do the right-click Properties check
for path (aka Location) on it.
Post by GusGusI
believe IE canât find the location of the bookmark.htm file which is in
C:\Users\my name\documents\bookmark.htm.
bookmark.htm sounds like an exported collection of links?
If you wanted IE to use them you would need to Import that into your Favorites directory. E.g. using File, Import...
Post by GusGusI created a folder in IE Favorites and found it in Windows Explorer in
C:\Users\my name\Downloads.
What do I do from here? How do tell IE where it is?
Good question. You're using Vista. I'm not. ; }
FWIW I would have expected you to find it in
%USERPROFILE%\Favorites
Is that Mobile Favorites in the same directory?
Cross-posting to Vista General for better exposure to Vista users...
BTW you didn't answer all my questions. Did you try the same tests
with a WE window? What were the results then?
Good luck
Robert
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Post by GusGusGusGus
Post by Robert AldwincklePost by GusGusRecently, I bought a Laptop from Dell with Vista OS and things were working
well including IE 7. Then in IE 7, ââ¬ÅFavoritesââ¬Â canââ¬â¢t find the Favorites
folder in Windows Explorer. I can add a web site in IE Favorites, but it
doesnââ¬â¢t show in the drop down list. In fact, there is no drop down list!
Just to be clear about your symptom and assuming an English version
of IE, what do you see exactly if you press Alt+a ? Just the menu label?
Or at least the Favorites commands? What happens if you press Ctrl+d?
(Add to Favorites) Can you create a new folder? If so, use a unique
name and find out where it is, using an Explorer search if necessary.
What about the Favorites bar? E.g. press Ctrl+i what do you see then?
If you see the new folder you created you could use right-click Properties
to see its location and thus where your registry is pointing to as your Favorites
directory.
Post by GusGusHowever it is in the Favorites file in Windows Explorer.
Do the same tests there. I suspect you will find that somehow
the WE window is looking at a different directory for Favorites...
Post by GusGusCan anyone inform me on how to get the Favorites list back?
First find out why it isn't showing up... ; )
HTH
Robert Aldwinckle
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