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SquirrelTakos

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I'm really not sure what I did, but I completely removed the "downloads, etc" from my favorites(see attached pic). I thought the obvious solution was to just drop the folders I wanted pinned into favorites, but no such luck.

I just want downloads attached under favorites again for ease of use.

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Hello SquirrelTakos,

This tutorial from Vista should work for Windows 7 just as well to hopefully fix this for you.

Favorite Links Empty - Vista Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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unfortunately, trying to restore them by right clicking does nothing for me. I tried the second option also and that file in the regedit was already there. If I try and add anything to favorites by right clicking and hitting "add current location to favorites" nothing happens. It acts completely dead.

I might just give up on this completely. It's not a huge deal, but it's rather annoying.
 

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Have you tried the restore defaults button to see if that does it?
 

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I'm pretty sure it's still in it's default location... [C:\Users\Dan\Favorites]

Tried the restore defaults, still nothing.
 

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Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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AMD Phenom II X4 925
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3
Memory
2 x 4gb DDR3 1333
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon 6950 2gb
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung BX2431 (x2)
Screen Resolution
1920-1080 (x2)
Hard Drives
120GB OCZ Vertex 2 &
750GB & 250gb Seagate &
1TB Samsung
PSU
Corsair 750TX
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Antec 900
Cooling
Cooler Master 212
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Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
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If you have one available, you can do a system restore using a restore point dated when this did work to fix it.

If not, then you can do a repair install without losing anything.
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self built custom
OS
64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
CPU
Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
PSU
Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K800
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 4
Internet Speed
2 Gb/s Download and 100 Mb/s Upload
Antivirus
Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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