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What are some fast methods for navigating to frequently used folders in Windows 7?
(This is a followup question from my previous question.)
In windows XP I used to be able to quickly navigate to frequently used folders by making use of the 'Favorites' menu item and the hotkey ...
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Where is the favourites folder in Windows 7?
I wanted to copy my favourites links from another machine onto a newly installed Windows 7 machine, but the system won't let me paste them into the Favourites folder showing at the top of Windows ...
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Remove “Favorites” in Windows 7 Explorer navigation pane
Is there a way to remove the "Favorites" item at the top of the navigation pane in Explorer in Windows 7? It really bugs me that it wastes so much space, and I can't find a way to remove it.
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Make favorites always visible in Windows Explorer
Vista introduced the favorites in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer. In Windows 7 I immediately noticed that the favorites don't have a separate pane at the top anymore.
So to access the ...
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Where does Chrome save its bookmarks on Windows?
I'm trying to recover a Windows system from backups and can't seem to find where Chrome saves its bookmarks.
Anybody knows where Chrome saves its bookmarks on Windows?
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Does IE have an equivalent of keyword bookmarks?
I use Firefox's keyword bookmarks, is there an equivalent in IE?
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Windows 7 (32bit) not adding favorites to Windows Explorer
I am attempting to add several locations on my disk to my "Favorites" in Windows Explorer. I have used this feature in the 64bit version of Windows 7 without a problem, but it does not seem to work ...
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How to fix the IE8 favorites menu (little box icon)?
I'm using Windows XP and Internet Explorer 8, and occasionally one off my favorites (Link) folders will get a very small box in the upper right corner (on the favorites menu drop down itself) and not ...
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Is there any way to get tree organisation for Windows 7 file explorer favorites?
In XP there was a MenuBar called Favorites which seemed to be based on Internet Explorer Favorites. It was fantastic because it allowed for very fast tree style navigation (if set up correctly you ...
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How to share favorites among different browsers?
I often use different browsers (IE7.0/8.0, Firefox 3.5, and Chrome) at work and home.
My favorite browser is Firefox, but I am still forced to use the other two because some intranet sites don't ...
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Windows XP - how to move Desktop and Favorites locations?
how could I move the Desktop location and the Favoriets location on Windows XP SP3?
Let's say for instance I want to move them out from "C:\Documents and Settings\User" into "C:\".
Is this possible?
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Remove Favorites button from IE8
Does anyone know how to remove the Favorites button that appears to the far left in IE8? This question is not in reference to the Favorites bar or the Favorites menu. Any help is appreciated!
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Modify Keys on Microsoft Naturals Ergonomic 4000 Keyboard
Is it possible to assign one of my "favorites" buttons on my keyboard to mimic my mouse right click?
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Your favorite/usefull powershell scripts [closed]
Along the same lines of the question about autohotkey scripts: http://superuser.com/questions/7271/, just now it's about Powershell.
Any usefull, handy or powefull scripts. Please describe what they ...
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Can I add a “place” to the Open… dialog in Windows XP? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to add custom location is Save As dialog box?
There's an existing question for Windows 7.
Is it possible to add new "places" to the Open/Save dialogs in Windows XP?
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How do you sort the list of favorites in Windows RT
On the Microsoft Surface RT, there are two instances of Internet Explorer.
The version that is started from the Desktop has the usual star icon for Favorites that brings up the list of Favorites in ...
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Missing the “add tab group to favorites ” option in IE8
I have internet options selected for quick tabs and tab groups in settings, IE8 WIndows XP.
I can open a list of favorites from the menu using the blue arrow as a tab group.
I can then use the quick ...
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Customizing Google Chrome's bookmarks bar
I just installed Google Chrome 7, and I am frustrated with the behavior of the bookmarks bar. I am wondering if there are any ways to get the following behaviors:
I would like the bookmarks bar to ...
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Copy favourites on Chrome between my laptop and PC?
How do I copy all my favourites (Chrome) from my laptop to my other PC ?
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favourite/most used folder launcher for xp?
I am regularly driven round the bend keeping track of folders (file system)
Either I have to have a ton of windows open, each with a different location, or I have to renavigate each and every time ...
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What is Firefox favorites physical location?
I am looking to move my Firefox favorites from one machine to another. But for that I am unable to find the physical location of the favorites from where i can copy them.
Does anyone know how to get ...
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Windows 7 add ftp location to Favorites in Windows Explorer
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, and am trying to add a local FTP location to my Windows explorer favorites. For some reason, when I've browsed to say ftp://localaddr, and right click on ...
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How can I stop the “Favorites” icon from constantly reappearing on my desktop?
I accidentally dragged the "favorites" link to my desktop once, and now it constantly reappears, despite repeated attempts at nuking it. How can I prevent it from reappearing?
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IE8 - Can't add sites to favorites bar
I can't add new sites to IE8 Favorites Bar anymore. I can remove already existing sites from the Favorites bar without any problems. It was working before but I can't quite pinpoint the moment when it ...
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Sync IE favorites on Vista
How do I sync IE favorites (and preferably RSS feeds) between two computers running Windows 7 and Vista?
I’d like to avoid companies with questionable privacy policies (like Google).
The computers ...
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Windows XP / IE 7 cannot add Favorites - Unspecified error
Hi everyone hopefully someone can help with this.
I am redirecting the location of the users Favorites folder using Group Policy to be placed in their network HomeDrive (H:).
I am having serious ...
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How does internet explorer gets its favorites?
Looks like there are two ways for Internet Explorer to keep its favorites list: in "Windows/Favorites" folder and in registry "HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/FavouritesEntries".
The ...
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Windows 8 clicking on favourites opens whole structure
Hello my windows 8 explorer started to act really weird. When I click on any favorite folder shortcut on the left sidebar of my explorer windows (wheres the directory structure located) for example on ...
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Why are favorites in Windows 7 Internet Explorer 8 the start menu All Programs links?
When I open my favorites in IE8 on Win7 64 bit, all the folders and programs from Start Menu -> All Programs are listed - why? And is there a way to fix this?
I don't really want or need to open up ...
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Importing bookmarks from internet explorer to Firefox 3.5
This is a silly question, but the first Google result speaks of a 'bookmark manager' with an option to import favorites from IE, but I can only find 'organize bookmarks' with an option to import from ...
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Cannot find IE favorites in C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Favorites
Acording to this page, my IE favorites are supposed to be stored in C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Favorites. However, they are not there. When I tried to import them into Firefox, nothing got imported either. ...
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can i take the internet explorer favorites folder in windows and convert that to a single favorites file?
i want to convert this folder of links into a single file that can be imported into another browser.
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Can't add a folder to favorite pane on Windows 7
I accidentally deleted a folder in C:\users\[username]
Now I can't add a folder to favorite on the left pane of My Computer.
How do I restore it?
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What is your favorite VoIP and communication tool for WindowsXP
I'm using Skype for international calls and Attractel ZoiPer is our corporate application for calls between offices and for local calls too. Sometimes I also need Google Talk or MS Live Messanger ...
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Delete a favorites folder, but keep the favorites?
I just imported my favorites from Internet Explorer into Firefox, and it put it into a folder on the favorites bar, instead of just putting all of my favorites on the bar itself. Is there anyway to ...
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Favorites disappeared in windows 8
The favorite links on the left side of all the folders have disappeared on my computer.
Normally I had links to Downloads, Desktop and some more. But one day, they were all gone. And I can't find a ...
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How to expand a directory under Favorites in Windows Explorer sidebar
I can collapse and expand any directory in the Windows Explorer sidebar, except for those folders I have added to my Favorites. How do I enable the collapse/expand triangle? A third-party app would be ...
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What are some ways to use my browser, Chrome, as a JavaScript interpreter?
I use an online interpreter. It's just right up there on my favorite's bar. Very convenient for me.... I'd like to see the error messages my browser will give me rather than the messages the ...
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IE9 stick favourites panel to left side
IE8 used to have the favourites panel on the left side, now IE9 has moved it to the right side. There is a button that moves it to the left side, but the settings does not persist. After you close the ...
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Switching from MSN 6 to Chrome
Is there anyway to transfer data from MSN 6 to Google Chrome? As far as I can tell, MSN 6 will only save data like favorites as an XML file and Chrome will only import this kind of data as HTML? Any ...
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Windows 7 Favorite folder doesn't work
So recently I did a very stupid thing and accidentally deleted my APPDATA (LOL yes), and now the favorite folder doesn't work anymore.
The favorite folder I am refering to is the one in windows ...
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IE Favorites backup tool?
Hi
Every time I format my PC I forget to backup my IE favorites and lose them all from Internet Explorer.
Is there a tool that automatically makes backup/restore of IE favorites in a chosen location ...
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intuitive way to structure favorites folder
For many years I didnt use the "favorites" feature of my web browsers because when I switched machines (I use a few between work and home) I could not access MY favorites. This was enough to deter me ...
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Looking to convert Delicious export to a TiddlyWiki
Methods that access your Delicious feed are limited by the site itself to (I think) the 300 most recent bookmarks. I have around 1,200 bookmarks. I've managed to find an XSL script (here and here), ...
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How to move sites from Favorites bar to Favoritesvmenu?
Recently, I added many many sites to the favorites bar in Internet Explorer. Now I want to make that more organised and want to move some the favorites menu instead of the favorites bar?
How can I do ...
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Favorites in Internet Explorer won't take me to location
Specs:
Windows 7 x64
IE 9 (using x86 version)
For some reason, whenever I click on a .url file, it will not take me to the destination. It doesn't even open a blank tab. It doesn't do anything. All ...
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Problem with Favorites in Internet Explorer 8.0 on Windows 7
I go to a website.
I click on "Favorites," then "Add to Favorites."
Everyone knows that this should simply add the website to your Favorites list so you can access the website quicker in the future.
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After recovery to restore point, Windows 7 missing pinned items and favorites
I believe a recent windows update was interrupted. The next day, I could not logon and was presented with the error "User Profile Service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded".
I ...
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How to add chrome bookmarks to Windows 7 favorites folder (where IE favorites live)
I just switched to Windows 7 and love the taskbar and library features.
If I make a desktop shortcut to a webpage, then it becomes searchable from the taskbar (i.e., press the Win/meta key and type ...
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Migrate XP Windows Explorer folder links/shortcuts to Windows 7
In windows xp with IE7, you could create favorites for both URLs and file folders. I have exported/imported my IE URL favorites to IE8 on windows 7. That's great, but the file folders didn't get ...
