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trrose - 24 Apr 2008 16:13 GMT

Sometimes when I save a webpage to Favorites and then later try to click on
the item under the Favorites "Star" nothing happens. I have looked at the
properties and on the details page there is no url stored. The saved
favorite also has a right pointing side arrow which appears not to do
anything - it is just there. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

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Leonard Grey - 24 Apr 2008 16:45 GMT

If the right-pointing area is on the lower left corner of the icon you
have a shortcut, not a Favorite.

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

> Sometimes when I save a webpage to Favorites and then later try to click on
> the item under the Favorites "Star" nothing happens. I have looked at the
> properties and on the details page there is no url stored. The saved
> favorite also has a right pointing side arrow which appears not to do
> anything - it is just there. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

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Leonard Grey - 24 Apr 2008 16:47 GMT

Sorry...I meant to say "right-pointing arrow".

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

> If the right-pointing area is on the lower left corner of the icon you
> have a shortcut, not a Favorite.
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>> which appears not to do anything - it is just there. Any ideas what I
>> am doing wrong?

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trrose - 24 Apr 2008 18:19 GMT

I hate to sound dumb, but what is the difference between a shortcut and a
Favorite?
When I hit the add to Favorites "double stars" a box comes up that says
ADD a favorite, I select the folder and hit YES. Sometimes it saves the
www. information sometimes not. I have tried to go to the Details tab and
put in the www. information, sometimes it takes (I think) sometimes not.
Also on these that don't save, under Properties I don't get a Web Document
tab like I do on the ones that do save.

> Sorry...I meant to say "right-pointing arrow".
>
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> >> which appears not to do anything - it is just there. Any ideas what I
> >> am doing wrong?

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Don Varnau - 25 Apr 2008 01:43 GMT

Hi,
It seems like this problem should appear every time you save a Favorite, not
just occasionally, but see the "For Internet Explorer 7" section at
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/webdoctab.htm Give the REG file a try.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

> I hate to sound dumb, but what is the difference between a shortcut and a
> Favorite?
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> Also on these that don't save, under Properties I don't get a Web Document
> tab like I do on the ones that do save.

> > Sorry...I meant to say "right-pointing arrow".

> > > If the right-pointing area is on the lower left corner of the icon you
> > > have a shortcut, not a Favorite.

> > >> Sometimes when I save a webpage to Favorites and then later try to
> > >> click on the item under the Favorites "Star" nothing happens. I have
> > >> looked at the properties and on the details page there is no url
> > >> stored. The saved favorite also has a right pointing side arrow
> > >> which appears not to do anything - it is just there. Any ideas what I
> > >> am doing wrong?

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