[ZAnwar]

Is there any way to put the favorites in, as a reg key or something else?

i know about the winnt.sif thing but that is too long.

[gosh]

Use ieak to make an .ins file, or compress the favorites into a zip file then extract them during setup.

-gosh

[Weed]

just makes these Folders in ur OEM Folder
$1\$Docs\Favorites <-- here u copy all ya html Files
its the easiest way i think or?

i have a other problem:
iam using D:\ as my ProgramFolder and Favorite Folder...
so when i copy my favorites in the OEM Folder it copy the Files in C:\
how can i say..copy the favorites in D:\ ?

i know i can make the Folders like these in the OEM Folder: D\Documents and ....\Favorites
but i cant format 2 partitions in winxp setup
when i make the 2nd Partition with PM Magic before the winxp installation then winxp detects the Partitions as H:\ I:\ or whatever cuz i have 6 Harddiscs in my System

[Numinous]

this may be of some use

http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?showto...indpost&p=64339

[ZAnwar]

Weed, on Nov 26 2003, 12:44 PM, said:

just makes these Folders in ur OEM Folder
$1\$Docs\Favorites <-- here u copy all ya html Files

dont ya mean $$\$Docs\Favorites?

[Numinous]

should be $oem$\$Docs

you'd be better off with $oem$\$Docs\All Users\Favorites

[gosh]

$$ is windows

it should be $OEM$\$Docs\Favorites

-gosh

[un4given1]

I have a better idea... put them wherever you want... Then map the location...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"Favorites"="X:\\favsfolder"

edited because wrong key was posted at first

I keep mine on a network drive for safe keeping.

[gosh]

I tried that once then had all my favorites deleted! Thank god for r-studio, it undeleted all my favorites. So it is a good idea, but use with caution.

-gosh

[un4given1]

no need to use with caution. It will not delete anything. You must have had something else that did it.

[gosh]

My favorites were deleted and the only favorites where the default (msn, etc). I used the same profile and didn't delete anything. Windows deleted my favorites.

-gosh

[un4given1]

Did you use an IEAK package? Did you map the location before or after installation of IE?

[gosh]

Default install of server 2003 and xp. Just used tweakui to change the favorites. Worked fine for a month then all of a sudden the favorites where gone. I'll never trust windows with my favorites again.

-gosh

[un4given1]

I do not know what other changes TweakUI makes. I would assume that it does not make any other changes than the one registry key. Did you "move" your favorites or just remap them? I have yet to have a problem with changing that registry key and deleting files.

[un4given1]

The only thing I can think of is that you might have used cmdlines.txt or another method, and IE was not completed setup. Oh well. I know that you know what you are doing, and if it happened then it happened. It sucks. I lost my favorites once, and it sucked.

[gosh]

I preinstall r-studio which is the best data recovery app. Even when whole partitions where lost i got most of the data back with the app. I highly recommend it.

-gosh

[Numinous]

never had a single problem redirecting a folder to another drive .. if you know and understand what it is your doing, there wont be a problem .. i'v used my inf from cmdlines and guirunonce without a hitch

[gosh]

Just because you haven't had a problem, doesn't mean a problem doesn't exist.

-gosh

[DaveXP]

gosh your not the only one that had that problem now i keep all my favorites under lock and key so windows dont kill them

[un4given1]

Oops guys... I posted the wrong key.. it's

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"Favorites"="d:\\favlocation