 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Windows Forum / Internet Explorer / General Topics / May 2008IE7- Add to favorites
My list of favorites is extensive and I find adding a favorite is difficult in IE7 because the file tree is always open and not even showing the verticle lines ligning up 1st and subsequent level folders. Is there a way to add favorites so that I can start with a collapsed tree and only expand the folder that I want to add to? Marko There is NO fix to this that I have found. It is definitely a PITA and can only hope Microsoft fixes it in the future. > My list of favorites is extensive and I find adding a favorite is difficult > in IE7 because the file tree is always open and not even showing the > verticle lines ligning up 1st and subsequent level folders. > Is there a way to add favorites so that I can start with a collapsed tree > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? > Marko If anyone finds a solution to this problem with the "Add a Favorite" Dialog Box list order, pleeeeeeeeeese let me know. I have spent many hours trying to find a solution online, and by delving into my Registry. Thanks, gang! > There is NO fix to this that I have found. It is definitely a PITA and can > only hope Microsoft fixes it in the future. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? > > Marko The problem is bigger than you described. The real issue is that the list displayed when attempting to 'Add Favorite' is NOT in the same order as the 'Favorites List'. This is a MAJOR problem that needs to be fixed. With a long list of favorites consiting of many hierarchial entries, it is extremely tedious to add a new favorite at the approriate spot. > My list of favorites is extensive and I find adding a favorite is difficult > in IE7 because the file tree is always open and not even showing the > verticle lines ligning up 1st and subsequent level folders. > Is there a way to add favorites so that I can start with a collapsed tree > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? > Marko This is a major flaw. I tried uninstalling IE7 to go back to 6 without success. So I had to re-install 7. Not happy and not looking forward to my Vista upgrade when it comes. > The problem is bigger than you described. The real issue is that the list > displayed when attempting to 'Add Favorite' is NOT in the same order as the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? > > Marko > This is a major flaw. > I tried uninstalling IE7 to go back to 6 without success. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? >> > Marko Since Microsoft continues to ignore this issue even today, I might as well share what has become my work-around: On my Links tool bar I'm showing 24 icons representing FOLDERS. Each folder has it's own icon with a meaningful image and a one or two letter label. (That way I get 24 icons on the bar). This gives me 24 categories in which to store Favorites and sub-folders to give additional depth. New favorites are simply dragged to the appropriate Links toolbar folder. > > This is a major flaw. > > I tried uninstalling IE7 to go back to 6 without success. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >> > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? > >> > Marko > Since Microsoft continues to ignore this issue even today, I might as well > share what has become my work-around: > On my Links tool bar I'm showing 24 icons representing FOLDERS. Each folder > has it's own icon with a meaningful image and a one or two letter label. > (That way I get 24 icons on the bar). This gives me 24 categories in which to > store Favorites and sub-folders to give additional depth. > New favorites are simply dragged to the appropriate Links toolbar folder. Do you re-sort them after dragging? Otherwise dragging probably makes them unsorted each time. Also, what works for many is dragging within the Favorites Center. There the subfolders can be contracted where they can expand when you pause while dragging to them. So, if your folders were sorted there you could start by pinning the Favorites Center (Ctrl-Shift-i) navigating to the appropriate folder by typing the first couple of letters (e.g.) and then dragging the new URL to that one or one a bit further down. Etc. Otherwise use what has always worked: dragging to an Explorer window which is open at the Favorites folder. The way I look at it is: the Ctrl-d function has always provided weak usability. In IE7 they improved it. <eg> --- You are indeed sharing the same problems as myself, which is why I started this thread the group. As you can see from Fawn's reply, no fix has been found for problems with the "Add to Favorites" dialog window. I have searched other non-Microsoft Windows-solutions sites to no avail. I keep hoping a fix will come through in a Windows XP update - cuz I'm not moving to Windows Vista which has a bad reputation for all kinds of problems. > My list of favorites is extensive and I find adding a favorite is difficult > in IE7 because the file tree is always open and not even showing the > verticle lines ligning up 1st and subsequent level folders. > Is there a way to add favorites so that I can start with a collapsed tree > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? > Marko One would think by this time that MSoft knows full well the inability many of us have in re-ordering the "Add To Favorites" Folders. It cannot be done... even if you export them & re-import them with the "bookmark.htm" file which is created automatically by IE7. When this file new file is viewed with "Frontpage", it too is out of alpha-order with no rhyme nor reason as to how it gets that way. This is a real nightmare for me with the 214 folders & 1,712 files... with no apparent reason as to why it occurs or even a workaround after a year of complaints! Why Not MSoft?  SignatureICC > You are indeed sharing the same problems as myself, which is why I started > this thread the group. As you can see from Fawn's reply, no fix has been [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? > > Marko > One would think by this time that MSoft knows full well the inability many > of [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? >> > Marko It works OK for me! Malcolm... this thread requires no input from those who do not have the problem. MS already knows that you have no difficulties in this regard! SignatureICC > > One would think by this time that MSoft knows full well the inability many > > of [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > It works OK for me! Controlling Favorites expansion (0=collapse, 1=expand): [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "AddToFavoritesExpanded"=dword:00000000 You can save your custom sort order for Favorites and Start Menu by exporting this key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder] Disable Intelli Menu's: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "FavIntelliMenus"="no" ju.c > One would think by this time that MSoft knows full well the inability > many of [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >> > and only expand the folder that I want to add to? >> > Marko |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.