rotoruda Posted December 6, 2008 CID Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hi all I have lost ALL my favorite links in IE7 and can't figure out why. I am running Vista Home SP1. I have the favorite links in "C:UsersUser NameFavorites" and have always had it there. Yesterday I tried clicking on favorites and the cupboard was bare. I've tried to switch the links to another folder, but to no avail. I try to import the favs by using the "Import & Export" function in IE7, but when it comes to finding the "Bookmark.htm" file, it doesn't exist on my laptop. Is this actually needed? ..... and, if so, where can I get this file to replace the missing one? I am stumped after hours of searching fruitlessly. Please help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted December 6, 2008 CID Share Posted December 6, 2008 My first thought would be there is an unwanted program on your computer that deleted the file. I would suggest scanning for spyware, and or virus. Then install another browser, uninstall IE7 , and then download and install IE 7 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotoruda Posted December 7, 2008 Author CID Share Posted December 7, 2008 I have scanned for all those nasties with Norton AV, Ad-Aware, Exterminate 2.0 and a couple of other programs. I actually installed the new IE8 beta 2 to see if that would fix it. It didn't, so I went back to IE7. I can try your suggestion of D/L another browser and uninstalling IE7, then install IE again. Thank you for your response and I'll get back to you with my results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted December 7, 2008 CID Share Posted December 7, 2008 I don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotoruda Posted December 7, 2008 Author CID Share Posted December 7, 2008 The links shell didn't work, unfortunately. I also found out that it is very difficult to uninstall IE7 from my Vista system. It is deeply integrated and there isn't anything in the "Add/Remove' in Control Panel to uninstall IE7 either. I did install Firefox and my favorites are fine on that browser. I've put a shortcut on my desktop from the favorites folder in My Computer and can access them there. Last resort may have to be a clean reformat with my restore discs, but I won't do that until I'm desperate. Thank you for the suggestions, gents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted December 7, 2008 CID Share Posted December 7, 2008 Google search... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ie7+favorites+vista+missing&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq= How about.... http://www.technologyquestions.com/technology/internet-explorer/128282-missing-favorites-ie7-vista.html Favorites are missing http://windowsxp.mvps.org/iefaq.htm#favorites Click Start > Run > type "%userprofile%links" EDIT This one works... %userprofile% then favorites and then links and press ENTER. See if the default shortcuts are present in that folder. If the "Links" folder is empty, you can create those missing shortcuts by right-clicking on a blank area in the "Favorite Links" area in explorer, and selecting the option "Restore Default Favorite Links". OTOH if the default links are present but not displayed in the Favorite Links section, this may be a result of removing the "IsShortcut" registry value for shortcuts (.lnk file type.) See: Favorite Links in the Windows Explorer navigation pane is completely empty: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/159/1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted December 8, 2008 CID Share Posted December 8, 2008 I found that same fix as above but, it was for Windows XP and wasn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotoruda Posted December 8, 2008 Author CID Share Posted December 8, 2008 FIXED!!!! The combination of all of the above has repaired my problem. Many thanks to all of you for unbaffling a baffled dude. Testmy.net ROCKS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted December 8, 2008 CID Share Posted December 8, 2008 Victory is ours, comrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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