My Vista Home Premium/IE7 just surprised me by looking for the favorites file
in a new subdirectory. I have no clue how this came to be ..... but am
looking for a way to tell IE to look in the original place C:\Users\Bob\My
Documents\Favorites
-

Any clues?
Bob

Hi,
The default location would be
C:\Users\Bob\Favorites
If you browse to the current location of the Favorites folder and
right-click the Favorites folder, choose Properties then Location, you
should be able to move the Favorites to the default location.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Ataraxy" <Ataraxy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EABD11CD-C806-4E45-AB28-3BF71F5B89B7@microsoft.com...
> My Vista Home Premium/IE7 just surprised me by looking for the favorites
file
> in a new subdirectory. I have no clue how this came to be ..... but am
> looking for a way to tell IE to look in the original place C:\Users\Bob\My
> Documents\Favorites
>
> Any clues?
> Bob

Don

The issue is that the favorites are still in their original location
(C:\Users\Bob\My Documents\Favorites). IE is now looking for them in a new
directory (C:\Users\Bob\My Documents\Favorites\Favorites).

I have seen this issue/question come up here before, but no real answer
provided.

I want to have IE look for in the opriginal direcotry, not the new
subdirectory. I would also like to know how this might have happened?\

Bob


"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> The default location would be
> C:\Users\Bob\Favorites
> If you browse to the current location of the Favorites folder and
> right-click the Favorites folder, choose Properties then Location, you
> should be able to move the Favorites to the default location.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Ataraxy" <Ataraxy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EABD11CD-C806-4E45-AB28-3BF71F5B89B7@microsoft.com...
> > My Vista Home Premium/IE7 just surprised me by looking for the favorites
> file
> > in a new subdirectory. I have no clue how this came to be ..... but am
> > looking for a way to tell IE to look in the original place C:\Users\Bob\My
> > Documents\Favorites
> >
> > Any clues?
> > Bob
>
>

Hi,
Are you familiar with REGEDIT?
In this key
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders]
The String Value (right pane) "Favorites" should show the location of the
Favorites folder. Does it show the correct location?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Ataraxy" <Ataraxy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F16DB214-00B4-41D2-833D-54CA95E2927B@microsoft.com...
> Don
>
> The issue is that the favorites are still in their original location
> (C:\Users\Bob\My Documents\Favorites). IE is now looking for them in a new
> directory (C:\Users\Bob\My Documents\Favorites\Favorites).
>
> I have seen this issue/question come up here before, but no real answer
> provided.
>
> I want to have IE look for in the opriginal direcotry, not the new
> subdirectory. I would also like to know how this might have happened?\
>
> Bob

> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > The default location would be
> > C:\Users\Bob\Favorites
> > If you browse to the current location of the Favorites folder and
> > right-click the Favorites folder, choose Properties then Location, you
> > should be able to move the Favorites to the default location.
> >

> > "Ataraxy" <Ataraxy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:EABD11CD-C806-4E45-AB28-3BF71F5B89B7@microsoft.com...
> > > My Vista Home Premium/IE7 just surprised me by looking for the
favorites
> > file
> > > in a new subdirectory. I have no clue how this came to be ..... but am
> > > looking for a way to tell IE to look in the original place
C:\Users\Bob\My
> > > Documents\Favorites
> > >
> > > Any clues?
> > > Bob

"Ataraxy" <Ataraxy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F16DB214-00B4-41D2-833D-54CA95E2927B@microsoft.com...
> Don
>
> The issue is that the favorites are still in their original location
> (C:\Users\Bob\My Documents\Favorites). IE is now looking for them in a new
> directory (C:\Users\Bob\My Documents\Favorites\Favorites).
>
> I have seen this issue/question come up here before, but no real answer
> provided.
>
> I want to have IE look for in the opriginal direcotry, not the new
> subdirectory.


> I would also like to know how this might have happened?


That could have happened if you tried dragging a currently active folder
to a new location (e.g. within an inactive folder also called Favorites.)


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>
> Bob
>
>
> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> The default location would be
>> C:\Users\Bob\Favorites
>> If you browse to the current location of the Favorites folder and
>> right-click the Favorites folder, choose Properties then Location, you
>> should be able to move the Favorites to the default location.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Don
>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>
>> "Ataraxy" <Ataraxy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EABD11CD-C806-4E45-AB28-3BF71F5B89B7@microsoft.com...
>> > My Vista Home Premium/IE7 just surprised me by looking for the favorites
>> file
>> > in a new subdirectory. I have no clue how this came to be ..... but am
>> > looking for a way to tell IE to look in the original place C:\Users\Bob\My
>> > Documents\Favorites
>> >
>> > Any clues?
>> > Bob
>>
>>