After reading the post Folder Redirection for Favorites on the Same Machine at the IE Team blog, I relocated my Favorites folder to a different drive. After the relocation, when I tried to add a URL to Favorites, I received the following error: (more…)
Archive for March, 2007
Shell Commands to Access the Special Folders in Windows 7/Vista/XP
The shell: command can be used to open a special folder directly from the Start, Search menu or from the Run dialog. For example, the command shell:sendto opens the SendTo folder (%userprofile%\sendto) of your user profile. To launch the Documents folder of your user profile, you’d type shell:Personal. Below is a complete shell: commands listing for Windows 7/XP/Vista. The entire listing is stored in the following registry key in Windows 7 & Vista: (more…)
“Browse for More Pictures…” Link in the Vista User Accounts Applet Does Not Work
When you open Control Panel – User Accounts – Change your picture, and click the Browse for more pictures… option, nothing may happen. The Common File Dialog is supposed to open when you click the option.
Also, when you click Pictures in the Start menu nothing may happen. The following tabs may be missing when you right-click Pictures in the Start menu and choose Properties: (more…)
Favorite Links Area in Windows Vista Explorer Is Empty
When you open Windows Explorer, the Favorite Links area may be completely empty even though the %userprofile%\Links folder contains the default shortcuts. Where %userprofile% represents your user profile folder, which is typically C:\Users\{username}. (more…)
