Little bug with explorer favourites

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  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Little bug with explorer favourites


    Hey I can't seem to drag and drop shortcuts into my favourites to make things a little easier.. like instead of going to c drive then users then Daniel I can just drag that into favourites but it doesn't seem to work, I may have deleted some of the favourites by accident and caused this bug but there must be a way to restore the explorer... thingy's.

    Also as you can see the desktop ones are gone too too making some small downloads a pesky business.

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  2. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #2

    Did you delete the "desktop.ini" file that is located in "C:\Users\[username]\Links" that folder is where your shortcuts would go, btw.
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  3. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    There is no links folder although I do recall there being one.

    Hmm, what happens now?
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  4. Posts : 72,041
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    Hello Carinyc, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    See if the tutorial below may be able to help. Be sure to check out the items in the yellow TIP box as well.

    Favorites Empty in Navigation Pane - Fix

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  5. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
       #5

    Brink said:
    Hello Carinyc, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    See if the tutorial below may be able to help. Be sure to check out the items in the yellow TIP box as well.

    Favorites Empty in Navigation Pane - Fix

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn

    Thanks Shawn.
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  6. Posts : 72,041
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    You're most welcome Carinyc. Was it able to resolve your problem for you? :)
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  7. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
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    Brink said:
    You're most welcome Carinyc. Was it able to resolve your problem for you? :)
    I have been terribly busy but it hasn't so I am going to restart my computer to see if the new registry keys kick in. Also when I downloaded the reg file from option one it was only a .download file and not a .reg file.
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  8. Posts : 72,041
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #8

    Carinyc,

    The .download as the file extension is due to whatever security program (ex: IE8 download manager/toolbar add-on, antivirus, internet security, etc....) you have installed.

    Right click on the downloaded file, click on Rename, and rename the .download part of the file to .reg instead. Afterwards, see if you are able to merge the .reg file now.
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  9. Posts : 7
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    Thread Starter
       #9

    Brink said:
    Carinyc,

    The .download as the file extension is due to whatever security program (ex: IE8 download manager/toolbar add-on, antivirus, internet security, etc....) you have installed.

    Right click on the downloaded file, click on Rename, and rename the .download part of the file to .reg instead. Afterwards, see if you are able to merge the .reg file now.
    Ok I merged the reg but it didn't seem to work..
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  10. Posts : 7
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       #10

    Oh nevermind I followed one of your other tutorials and it is fixed now.
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