Windows 7: Favorites - Restore Default Favorite Links in Navigation Pane

Were it not for people like you, the rest of us would shoot ourselves. Thank you for taking the time to be so helpful - as a relative newb, I was able to follow your instructions (elsewhere, can't find the tutorial now) and change the registry key so the my links folder was restored to the navigation pane favourites. I am most grateful to you.

You're most welcome Calmuse, and welcome to Seven Forums. Thank you for the kind words.

Dear friends,
The solution provided in this tutorial is just amazing!! my Recent Places link was missing in windows explorer view for about a month and tried many tips shared in the web. nothing worked and got frustrated. This tutorial and the zipped binary file did the majic and I got my Recent Places folder intact!. Thanks a lot to the solution provider! :-) and sevenforums
elavarasan

You're most welcome elavarasan, and welcome to Eight Forums. I'm glad it was able to help.

Hi, the favorietes icon at the top left of my windows explrer pane is empty. Right clicking the icon does not show properties, but: expand/sort by name/open in new window/restore favorite links/add current locatio to favorites.

So i cannot track down this icon to a folderlocation (nice~). The icon it is supposed to break down in recent places, links etc. The 'recent items' is what i am interested in, because i frequently used it.

I do have a favorites folder C:\Users\<username>\Favorites, which has a folder favorites bar and is furtehr empty.

The recent items are tracked in my startmenu.

I reset all file locations and registry entries i could find in 7 forums, no results.

Any ideas? What would help is if i could track down the logic in windows how to display the favoriters i mentio, so i can fix it.

Thx,
Dirk
windows7

Hello Dirk, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Have you already tried the steps in either or both options in the tutorial?

Hi Brink,
Yes i did, nothing changed.
See also picture.
Thnaks,
Dirk

Ok. Sorry, but I have to ask just to make sure.

Did you also try what was in the blue Note box at the top of the tutorial?

Hi Brink,
Yes, checked that too.
As i could not find any way to pin-oint the problem, i decided to go nuclear and reinstall a previous version of windows7, including all the updates. That worked. Quite some time for a little nuisance like this, but now i am at peace.
So, issue closed.
Thanks,
Dirk