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System

WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL
 

Problem

YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE FAVORITES FOLDER FROM YOUR INTERNET EXPLORER TO ANOTHER PLACE.

THE PROBLEM IS: THE FAVORITES DIRECTORY STAYS AT "C:\Documents and Settings\<you>\Favorites". BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A SHORTCUT FOR THIS FOLDER, WHERE YOU CAN MANAGE YOUR FAVORITES SOMEWHERE ELSE. THIS CAN BE VERY HELPFUL IF YOU LIKE TO MANAGE YOUR FAVORITES IN A CRYPTED OR MOUNTED DEVICE SECRETLY. AS YOU WILL SEE, THERE IS NO EASY WAY OF DELETING THE FAVORITES FOLDER. EVEN YOU MANAGE TO DELETE IT, THIS HELP WILL SHOW YOU HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO MANAGE YOUR FAVORITES WHILE HAVING THEM IN SOME OTHER PLACE.
 

Solution

1. COPY ALL YOUR FAVORITES FROM "C:\Documents and Settings\<you>\Favorites" IN ANOTHER PLACE, LIKE: "X:\private\Favorites"

2.DELETE THE CONTENT OF ALL YOUR FAVORITES AT "C:\Documents and Settings\<you>\Favorites"

3. THE TRICKY PART IS TO DELETE THE FAVORITES FOLDER. USUALLY WINDOWS WON'T ALLOW YOU TO DELETE THIS SYSTEM FOLDER. BUT YOU CAN DO IT BY USING THE COMMAND LINE. FIRST OF ALL YOU HAVE TO CLOSE ALL THE EXPLORER WINDOWS INCLUDING INTERNET EXPLORER. NOW GO TO YOUR COMMAND LINE (CMD), THEN GO TO THE DIRECTORY "C:\Documents and Settings\<you>\Favorites" AND TYPE "rmdir Favorites /Q /S". MAKE SURE THE FOLDER "Favorites" IS REALLY GONE. IF IT COMES BACK AUTOMATICALLY (SOMETIMES IT DOES), DELETE IT AGAIN.

4.  USUALLY YOU WOULD CREATE A NEW FOLDER CALLED "FAVORITES" OR JUST CREATE A SHORTCUT. BUT WINDOWS DOES NOT ACCEPT A SHORTCUT IN THIS SYSTEM FOLDER, BECAUSE SHORTCUTS HAVE THE HIDDEN FILE ENDING ".LNK". INSTEAD, TO AS FOLLOWING: DRAG YOUR FOLDER "X:\private\Favorites"" AND COPY IT (BY HOLDING THE CTRL BUTTON) TO ANY SOMEWHERE AT YOUR START MENU (JUST DO IT). WINDOWS WILL NOW GENERATE A SHORTCUT CALLED "Shortut to Favorites" AT YOUR START MENU. NOW RENAME THAT INTO "Favorites" (BY CLICKING THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON / RENAME).

5.MOVE THIS NEW  "Favorites"-FOLDER FROM THE START TO "C:\Documents and Settings\<you>\"


NOW YOU HAVE A NEW "Favorites" FOLDE. WINDOWS WILL THINK THAT THIS IS A SYSTEM DIRECTORY. BUT IN FACT, IT IS  A SHORTCUT INTO ANOTHER DIRECTORY. YOU HAVE NOW CREATED A SHORTCUT WITHOUT DECLARING HIM TO BE A SHORTCUT. YOU CAN NOW MANAGE YOUR FAVORITES IN INTERNET EXPLORER, EVEN THEY ARE AT ANOTHER PLACE.

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