IE 8 & 9/ Windows 7 - It takes too long to Bookmark a link !!!!

[njarif1]

I am running IE 8 , latest as of 10 Sept 11, Windows 7 Ultimate on an Intel Quad Core (9300), 8 GB RAM, 1.5 TB Drive. When I hit "Add to Favorite" on IE to book mark a link, it takes 20-40 seconds until I am prompted to save the link some 30-40 seconds later. Needless to say, this is very annoying. I tried the following troubleshooting to isolate the problem:

1- Installed IE 9 - Same Issue
2. I removed all my existing favorite links/folders from the "Favorites folder" under C/ Users) - thninking that the number of existing links/folders may be the cause - Same Issue
3. I uninstalled IE 9 and defaulted to IE 8 - Same Issue
4. I uninstalled IE 8 - i.e. no IE browser left in my OS since IE 7 can not run on Win 7- then reinstalled IE 9 - Same Issue
5. I tried firefox, it works like a charm.

I restored to earlier versions of windows backups but it did not help. I suspect that this issue has been there for a while - may be some file or registry entry is corrupted. Any help will be appreciated - including clean removal of IE 9 and clean install or..any sound advice- thanks

 

[stve]

You could try the keyboard shortcut Ctrl D to save the bookmark its a long shot but will only take a second.
Try Tools >Internet Options>Advanced>reset Internet Explorer Options.

 

[njarif1]

You could try the keyboard shortcut Ctrl D to save the bookmark its a long shot but will only take a second.
Try Tools >Internet Options>Advanced>reset Internet Explorer Options.

Thank you for the suggestion - Saving a link using a CTRL D did not help.

 

[Airbot]

Have you tried disabling or uninstalling all add-ons/ plugins for the browser, closing and restarting it then trying to bookmark? May be some add-on interfering.

IE safe mode - start menu search/about:no add-ons.

Deleted browser history/cache/cookies, etc?

And/ or tried resetting IE?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1222-internet-explorer-reset.html

 

[njarif1]

Hi Airbot,


Thank you for the tip. I disabled all add-ons, did an IE reset - without add-ons and less that 5 links saved in my Favorites folder, it still takes 12-15 second to save. Is this normal? How long does it take to bookmark?

 

[Airbot]

Not sure why.
Doesn't sound normal to me.
Bookmarking in IE for me is pretty much instantaneous. :huh:

Perhaps an AntiVirus/firewall/network shield program/s you have installed and monitoring interfering?

 

[njarif1]

Not sure why.
Doesn't sound normal to me.
Bookmarking in IE for me is pretty much instantaneous.

Perhaps an AntiVirus/firewall/network shield program/s you have installed and monitoring interfering?

Airbot,
Thank you for the reply, I will try to investigate the firewall/antivrus settings per your suggestion. One more thing, I checked theProperties of the Favorites file under C:|Users and I have 1.43 GB for a size. I do not have much stored in favorites other than the default links and a couple more. Can you or anyone tell me if this is normal?

 

[Airbot]

I only have a size of 467 KB with 2,745 files/26 folders. Not huge, but quite a bit of bookmarks in there.
Not sure why yours would be so large a size if you say it's with only default links and a "couple more".

 

[njarif1]

I only have a size of 467 KB with 2,745 files/26 folders. Not huge, but quite a bit of bookmarks in there.
Not sure why yours would be so large a size if you say it's with only default links and a "couple more".

Airbot,

Thank you again. I am going to focus on how to delete the Favorite file, which is locked, I think it is part of IE- I may have to uninstall IE9, find a way to delete the locked Favorite file and reinstall IE 9.

 

[stve]

Right click on Windows Explorer and select run as administrator & you should be able to open the favorites folder & delete the crap

 

[njarif1]

Still having the same issue. I have deleted all the files I could within the Favorites folder and have left in it the default stuff that is included with Windows. The favorite folder now contains: AppData 1.34 GB (3 sub folders: local, locallow and Roaming), Downloads (19.2 GB), Desktop (12.2 GB) and My Pictures (8.9 GB). I do not care of having any of these folders under my Favorites folder. Can I get rid of them?

 

[stve]

Whatever you do do not delete your AppData
Its safe to delete or move somewhere else whatever is in Desktop ,Downloads & My Pictures but probably best to leave the folders alone I don't think you would be allowed to delete your desktop anyway.

The Favorites folder that is at the top in Windows Explorer is not where your bookmarks are .
They are in c:\users\"your user name"\Favorites it has a golden star on the correct folder.

Paste %USERPROFILE%\Favorites into the Start search box & you'll see it.

You'd better check out the links folder as well
The favorites folder for windows explorer sidebar in windows7 is located in:
%USERPROFILE%\Links

 

[njarif1]

Whatever you do do not delete your AppData
Its safe to delete or move somewhere else whatever is in Desktop ,Downloads & My Pictures but probably best to leave the folders alone I don't think you would be allowed to delete your desktop anyway.

Hi Stve

Thank you for the post. I uninstalled IE 9 and IE 8 and decided to use Firefox for now - it works great. I will search for instructions on CLEAN Install of IE. I may give IE a try then.