"Access denied" when creating bookmark in Favorites!?!

Something that really starts driving me nuts about Windows 7's security scheme is all the idiotic places where this unexpectedly interferes!

I just wanted to save a new bookmark in IE8. For this I first wanted to create a new subfolder in order to keep things a bit organized. To my dismay (to say it politely) I got an error "access denied"!?! Why - for gods sake - can't I create a new subfolder in my own Favorites???

This is one of these cases where security really turns absurd and this eventually triggers users to switch it off!

So, how do I get the necessary rights to save my bookmarks and to save them in an order and structure as *I* want them?

Michael

I ran TakeOwnership over my entire Favorites folder (i.e. C:\Users\<myid>\Favorites) but still the same problem. I still get "Access denied" when trying to create a new subfolder in it.

Any idea, what else I could do or what permissions this darn folder(tree) needs to have, so that IE may work in it?

Michael

Through IE8. Favorites => Add to favorites...
That dialog offers a "New Folder" button, which is what I mean here when I say "creating a new subfolder".

I only ran TakeOwnership from Explorer (for obvious reasons).

M.

Bookmarks to your favs on ie11 on windows 7 & it says access denied...

When you can't save your bookmarks to your favs on ie11 on windows 7 & it says access denied...do this.


Go to your Library Files.

Then, click Local Disk C. (under Computer section)

Then, click Users

Then, click Default

Then, right click, Favorites

Then, click Properties

Then, click Security

Then, click Edit

Then, Under, Allow, check marks all except....special permission