Favorites: how to move sub-folders mixed with primary folders

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  1. Posts : 509
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    Favorites: how to move sub-folders mixed with primary folders


    I have somehow made a disastrous mess of my favorites. I looked online for answers to this problem, and all I can find for a solution is cut and paste. This makes no sense to me for this particular issue because there's no way to "un-indent" a sub-folder and move it back in line with the primary folders.

    I hope this is making sense to someone. I don't know how to explain it. Here's one example of the many I have screwed up: I have a "Daily reader" folder and a "Dog stuff" folder. The latter has a lot in it. Dog stuff is now mixed in with Daily reader. How do I make it a separate folder again?
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  2. Posts : 71,977
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       #2

    Favorites in Internet Explorer are located in the "C:\Users\(user-name)\Favorites" folder. You could open it, and create new folders or move items around as you like. :)
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  3. Posts : 509
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    Thanks, Brink. Just plain ol' drop and drag?

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    I found out that I can move primary folders, but not the sub-folders.
    Last edited by nottaclue9; 27 Jan 2015 at 19:37.
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  4. Posts : 71,977
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    You should be able to cut and paste to move them.
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  5. Posts : 509
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    Well, I first must confess that when I try to enter the "C\..." using 'administrator' as the username, I get the clanging red "X" window saying that Windows can't find it. So I just entered "favorites," and it pulled up my favorites in a list that I could, indeed, move around. BUT, I could not extricate "dog stuff" from "daily reader." So the problem remains. I have four other folders that are messed up like that. It happened when FF imported my stuff from IE.
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  6. Posts : 509
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    Still can't get this done. Anyone want to walk me through it? I used to be able to access a list of favorites that were "moveable," but I don't know how to find that place again. I have to memorize where the misplaced favorites are, and my memory isn't what it used to be.

    I have main favorites stuck in other favorites folders; these are not subfolders, but actual folders that should be indented and alphabetized. See the "dog stuff" and "daily reader" example in the first post. I could not make Brink's suggestion work. Is there another way for us less-skilled people?
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  7. Posts : 10,485
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    nottaclue9 said:
    ...It happened when FF imported my stuff from IE.
    Which browser are you using?
    Firefox with Bookmarks
    or
    IE with Favorites?

    Here is what Firefox 39.0 looks like:

    Favorites: how to move sub-folders mixed with primary folders-ff1.png

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  8. Posts : 509
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    I use both browsers for different things. IE won't play videos, so I use FF for that. Cannot even begin to understand FF Favorites & do not like the unsorted bookmarks, so I use IE for my favorites & photos. I need to figure out how to sort the IE favorites.
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  9. Posts : 71,977
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       #9

    When you have Favorites open in IE, you can drag and drop them in any order you like.
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  10. Posts : 509
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       #10

    Right. But I can't pull a "snatched" folder out of a main folder. It won't get in line, so to speak. It stays indented under another folder where it doesn't belong.
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