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Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer Shortcut - Create

How to Create a "Organize Favorites" in Internet Explorer Shortcut
Published by Brink
02-08-2011
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How to Create a "Organize Favorites" in Internet Explorer Shortcut

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This will show you how to create or download a Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer shortcut in Windows 7 and Vista.

You can also Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu this shortcut, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move it where you like for easy use.



EXAMPLE: Organize Favorites
NOTE: You can also click on Favorties (Menu bar) and Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer to open this.
Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer Shortcut - Create-example.jpg




OPTION ONE

To Download the "Organize Favorites" Shortcut
1. Click on the Download button below to download the file below.
Organize_Favorites_Shortcut.zip
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2. Click on Save, and save the .zip file to the desktop.

3. Open the .zip file and extract the Organize Favorites shortcut to the desktop.

4. Right click on the Organize Favorites shortcut, and click on Properties, General tab, and on the Unblock button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: If you do not have a Unblock button under the General tab, then the shortcut is already unblocked and you can continue on to step 5.
Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer Shortcut - Create-unblock.jpg
5. Move the shortcut to where you like for easy use.

6. When done, you can delete the downloaded .zip file on the desktop if you like, or save it to use again.





OPTION TWO

To Manually Create the "Organize Favorites" Shortcut
1. Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on New and Shortcut.

2. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,DoOrganizeFavDlg

Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer Shortcut - Create-step1.jpg
3. Type Organize Favorites for the name, and click on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer Shortcut - Create-step2.jpg
4. Right click on the new Organize Favorites shortcut on the Desktop and click on Properties.

5. Click on the Shortcut tab, then click on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)
Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer Shortcut - Create-step3.jpg
6. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", copy and paste in the location below and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
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7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above and click on OK. (see screenshot above)
NOTE: You can use any icon that you would like instead though.

8. Click on OK. (see screenshot below)
Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer Shortcut - Create-step5.jpg
9. Move the shortcut to where you like for easy use.
That's it,
Shawn


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