Windows 7: Internet Explorer Favorites Center - Pin and Unpin to Left Side

Staying on top of things I see! This will be a great help as well as timely for those who are now just going for the new version of IE 9.

I had forgotten about finding the green arrow option for seeing the IE Favorites moved over to the left when running the RC until seeing the guide here.

It did not take you long to do this fine tut. Thanks Shawn. Just today I was giving the people in my computer club first instructions about IE9. But that one I did not know. I will use it next Wednesday - with your permission.

Thank you guys. It was from helping another member with this issue that had me think that this would be helpful to others with the same issue.

The one thing you will be able to count on is people asking about the new version's change in layout with everything moved to the right side. This will be a useful reference to point them to in order to clear things for them.

I like to propose a completely different solution to the problem that I use and found to be very practical:

!. Install Rocket Dock, right click on the dock and autohide it. When you "bump" the cursor to the top of the screen, it will appear.



2. Place your Favorites folder into the Rocket Dock (just drag a folder shortcut from the desktop into the dock.). To get at the folder, type Favorites into start/search and it will show up. You can delete the shortcut on the desktop once it is in the dock.

3. When you look for a website URL, open the Favorites folder from the dock. It is a lot easier to deal with that (set the folder view to List) than rolling the bar down - especially if you have a gezillion folders and files like me.



4. An added advantage is that you can search in the Favorites folder if you do not remember where you stuck the particular website that you are looking for. Many of my folders have up to 25 entries (subfolders and URLs) and I often forget where I put things.

Note: The Rocket Dock is particularily handy because you can always easily access it. But you can also put the Favorites folder shortcut into the taskbar, Toolbar or even the Start menu. But that always needs an additional click to get at it.

Hello Wolfgang,

Thank you, but I'm not sure what problem you are referring to though.

If it's with the Favorites Center, then I suppose that you could just use Favorites on the Menu bar in IE9 instead.

I am not referring to any particular problem. I was just following up on the left/right discussion for the favorites in IE9.

The way I describe my use of Favorites has the advantage that you see all your Favorites on one page and that you are able to search in the folder in case you do not remember where things are.

This may not apply to people who have few favorites or a good memory. But once you have over 1500 files in the folders, it is sure handy. And I never liked the way you search for a link in the IE Favorites - left or right.

PS; The favorites on the menu bar are the worst interface in my book. I hate those fly-outs.

Okey doke.

Instead of the need to pin any folder you can simply open the menu bar>View>explorer bars and click on the favorties item there to them open up on the left and stay open. Click the X or the Favorites icon to the right of the address bar to close.

That ends up being a three step process however. Plus not everyone runs RocketDock being a 3rd party addon. The guide here works for those who run without any addons. This shows how the Favorites work when using the Favorites icon itself.

Hey Shawn have you digg(ed) this and the other IE 9 guides you have ready? I meant to ask that one!