Win 7 - Restore Favorites in Windows Explorer
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Published on 2010-03-30T14:08:57Z
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Hi all,
have this issue - the Favorites link in windows explorer doesn't work. I can't drag and drop
anything to it, I can't 'Add current location to Favorites'
. Clicking on 'Restore Favorites'
does nothing. I can't remember when this started, but I assume I accidentally deleted the Favorites folder. I should probably mention that my user profile is ntfs-junctioned to D:\Users\myname
. I tried creating a new Favorites folder, giving it all possible permissions, but that doesn't work. I tried to look in the registry, under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\User Shell folders
HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell folders
HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\User Shell folders
I played with the values in there (pointing to C:\Users\myname\Favorites
, D:\Users\myname\Favorites
), but nothing seemed to help. Any help would be much appreciated.
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