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From: Bob I on 9 Feb 2010 15:32 Sounds like the location doesn't exist yet. Right click in the Menu area, and select Links. Bob wrote: > It does when you go to "Add to Favorites" and there is no "Links" folder to > add to. > >>But that doesn't prevent adding the bookmarks. >> >>Bob wrote: >> >> >>>The folder is hidden to IE also >>> >>>Bob I <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:ubO1ftbqKHA.5736 >>>@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl: >>> >>> >>>>Open Internet Explorer, and add them there. >> >>>>>I have 1 hidden folder. All the others seem visible. My folder is >>>>>C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Favorite\Links >>>>>I want to add some bookmarks to Links. It is visible in CMD mode >>>>>I have "Show hidden files & folders" checked in tools >>>>>Any ideas?
From: Bob on 9 Feb 2010 17:14 If you read my origional post. You will see it is visible from the command prompt. (You know Run, cmd, Dir) I can see the directory & all the files in it. It is a windows problem! Bob I <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:eebm6bcqKHA.4600(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > Sounds like the location doesn't exist yet. Right click in the Menu > area, and select Links. > > Bob wrote: > >> It does when you go to "Add to Favorites" and there is no "Links" >> folder to add to. >> >>>But that doesn't prevent adding the bookmarks. >>> >>>Bob wrote: >>> >>> >>>>The folder is hidden to IE also >>>> >>>>Bob I <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:ubO1ftbqKHA.5736 >>>>@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Open Internet Explorer, and add them there. >>> >>>>>>I have 1 hidden folder. All the others seem visible. My folder is >>>>>>C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Favorite\Links >>>>>>I want to add some bookmarks to Links. It is visible in CMD mode >>>>>>I have "Show hidden files & folders" checked in tools >>>>>>Any ideas?
From: Bob I on 9 Feb 2010 17:47 Are you logged on as "HP_Administrator"? Bob wrote: > If you read my origional post. You will see it is visible from the > command prompt. (You know Run, cmd, Dir) I can see the directory & all > the files in it. It is a windows problem! > Bob I <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in > news:eebm6bcqKHA.4600(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > > >>Sounds like the location doesn't exist yet. Right click in the Menu >>area, and select Links. >> >>Bob wrote: >> >> >>>It does when you go to "Add to Favorites" and there is no "Links" >>>folder to add to. >>> >>> >>>>But that doesn't prevent adding the bookmarks. >>>> >>>>Bob wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>The folder is hidden to IE also >>>>> >>>>>Bob I <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:ubO1ftbqKHA.5736 >>>>>@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Open Internet Explorer, and add them there. >>>> >>>>>>>I have 1 hidden folder. All the others seem visible. My folder is >>>>>>>C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Favorite\Links >>>>>>>I want to add some bookmarks to Links. It is visible in CMD mode >>>>>>>I have "Show hidden files & folders" checked in tools >>>>>>>Any ideas? > > >
From: Alan Edwards on 9 Feb 2010 18:03 What version of IE? IE8 uses the Favorites Bar folder instead of Links. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:25:14 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Bob <Bob(a)somewhere.com> wrote: >It does when you go to "Add to Favorites" and there is no "Links" folder to >add to. >> But that doesn't prevent adding the bookmarks. >> >> Bob wrote: >> >>> The folder is hidden to IE also >>> >>> Bob I <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:ubO1ftbqKHA.5736 >>> @TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl: >>> >>>>Open Internet Explorer, and add them there. >> >>>> >>>>>I have 1 hidden folder. All the others seem visible. My folder is >>>>>C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Favorite\Links >>>>>I want to add some bookmarks to Links. It is visible in CMD mode >>>>>I have "Show hidden files & folders" checked in tools >>>>>Any ideas?
From: John Wunderlich on 10 Feb 2010 02:07
Bob <Bob(a)somewhere.com> wrote in news:Xns9D1A8E672345BBobsomewherecom@ 207.46.248.16: > I have 1 hidden folder. All the others seem visible. My folder is > C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Favorite\Links > I want to add some bookmarks to Links. It is visible in CMD mode > I have "Show hidden files & folders" checked in tools > Any ideas? > In addition to checking the "Show hidden files & folders", for some files/folders you also have to UN-check the "Hide Protected Operating System Files" a couple of lines down. HTH, John |