Comments on: Unspecified Error When Adding a Link to Favorites in Windows Vista and Windows 7

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:38:35 +0000

I tried your Method 1. it read just as your example box said, typed in exit then tried to add a favorite, it didn’t work. I will admit I am not real computer savy, but don’t understand why it worked fine then just stopped letting add favorites. Thank you tho, I will be back!

By: Thank You

Thank You — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:49:20 +0000

Thank you, it was very useful. I successfully applied the “icacls” method.

Regards.

By: FAV Girl

FAV Girl — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:50:58 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I was beginning to panic. Now all I have to work out is how to re-sort my Favourites back to order of date, instead of alphabetically, after I exported them to my C Drive, and imported it back!

By: joe

joe — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:12:17 +0000

IE8 – Protection Mode: ON does not allow adding a link page or shortcut web page to Favorites Folder.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:16:53 +0000

Windows 7 Ultimate 64, IE8 could add to main folder but returned unspecified error when trying to add to sub folder, above method2 did not work as written.

Refered back to original http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general/msg/261e365f27e34354

Followed therein instructions; via cmd prompt navigated with ‘Cd’ command to folder containing favorites (not favorites folder), typed icacls favorites /setintegritylevel (OI)(CI)low

Problem resolved.

Query based on above limited evidence as to whether instructions to copy from task bar should specifically excluded the word favorites eg:

My original read
C:\Users\Username\Favorites whereas I suspect it should have used C:\Users\UserName

Other than that a very useful article Thanks

By: u3dd

u3dd — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:46:42 +0000

Thank very much for your solution. I applied method 1 and problem was fixed.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:21:43 +0000

This resolved my problem on my Windows 7 IE 8 issue. thanks!!!

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:14:37 +0000

I tried this both ways and I have full permissions and this is still not working for me can any of you help me please. It all started when I downloaded an IE7 standalone and it caused me an issue since even though IE 8 works fine otherwise please help i’m in despair here lads.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:28:28 +0000

Thank you. Worked like a charm :)

By: Nicholin

Nicholin — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:55:06 +0000

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! This problem was making me nuts. I’d tried several things to fix it with no success. but method #1 work like a dream.