Favorites location not available vista

Doesn't matter if you never used or Activated it. Does the behavior persist if you open IE7 only! Try resetting IE. If I wouldn't lose those, only passwords and toolbars I have customized, Could you just expand on how I get to internet options advanced to do that. Many thanks. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit.

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Favorites throws up another box which says 'Location not available' If I click on the yellow star with green arrow when a page is open, no short cut icons appear and the page isn't in the favorites either. The favorites folder is not where you describe. Maybe try setting your start menu settings to default? Hope you haven't reinstalled yet! Found the below link by googling. In a nutshell the buttons return if you disable UAC.

I also found that logging in as the Administrator account worked. The Best Tech Newsletter Anywhere. Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. Articles l l. Missing Move button in documents Location tab 13 posts Started 14 years ago by bomonganni Latest reply from nickh Topic Viewed times. This post has been reported.

Is the account you're using an administrator account? That's a problem. Try changing the location and click "OK"? Try going into Safe Mode, and see if it is editable there. It could be protected. Safe Mode does not work either I found the fix options at microsoft.

How the heck it disappeared I have no clue :confused: Hope hope Thanks for any help I can get. How can I change the folder that my Internet Explorer points to? Thanks in advance. Every time I gain access to the internet dialup , 4 websites appear in my favorites folder.

I've never accessed those websites but they appear every time I gain access to the web! Any ideas how I can prevent that from happening?

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