Lost Favourites

[Ron & Peta Shepherd]

Yesterday I went to use my computer which had been working just fine a
couple of hours before, only to find that all my favourites had dissapeared
and that my search engine (google) wasn't able to be read. I have managed
to get Google back, and some of my favourites, but the bulk are still
missing. I have tried system restore, but this will only take me back to
the day that it all happened. Are there any other suggestions??

Thanks

[Joe]

Ron & Peta Shepherd wrote:
> Yesterday I went to use my computer which had been working just fine a
> couple of hours before, only to find that all my favourites had dissapeared
> and that my search engine (google) wasn't able to be read. I have managed
> to get Google back, and some of my favourites, but the bulk are still
> missing. I have tried system restore, but this will only take me back to
> the day that it all happened. Are there any other suggestions??
>
> Thanks

Something in this thread might help:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser/browse_frm/thread/bde737e3dc163ace/17d5a4a264e8edb6?lnk=st&q=lost+favorites&rnum=1#17d5a4a264e8edb6

--
Joe =o)

[NB STAN]

I Solved the problem of where my favorites went. Here are a few things that
normally work but did not.
I have Tweaki installed on my system and changed the favorites
location with that. I have been doing that for years now, but I lost my
favorites one day. I tried a few things. I tried Tweaki, but the changing
of the special folder `Favorites’ was gone, no longer available. I tried to
uninstall Tweaki and reinstall. While Tweaki would not uninstall, so I found
the registry entries and deleted it that way. I then reinstalled it. The
change ‘Favorites’ folder option was still not available. So I did some more
searching of the help topics. I found this (this is for Windows XP)
When you click the Favorites menu in Internet Explorer, all of
your favorite
URLs may be missing. This might happen if the Favorites Shell Folder is set
incorrectly.
Open Registry Editor and navigate to: - Start/ Run and type regedit then
click OK
Navigate to –
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

In the right windowpane Under Name find Favorites beside Favorites under
data is the path to your Favorites. If this is incorrect then right click on
Favorites under name, and select Modify. On the box that opens under Value
data enter the correct path to you favorites folder. I.e. – F:\Favorites
Open a new Internet Explorer and your Favorites should all be back.
Hope this works for you it did for me, so I hope it helps some one else also.


"Joe" wrote:

> Ron & Peta Shepherd wrote:
> > Yesterday I went to use my computer which had been working just fine a
> > couple of hours before, only to find that all my favourites had dissapeared
> > and that my search engine (google) wasn't able to be read. I have managed
> > to get Google back, and some of my favourites, but the bulk are still
> > missing. I have tried system restore, but this will only take me back to
> > the day that it all happened. Are there any other suggestions??
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Something in this thread might help:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser/browse_frm/thread/bde737e3dc163ace/17d5a4a264e8edb6?lnk=st&q=lost+favorites&rnum=1#17d5a4a264e8edb6
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>