Adding favorites problem

Snakeman · May 9, 2008

I´m brand-new to the forum, so please be kind to a computer challanged newbie. My problem (or one of them anyway) is that when I try to add a site to my favorit list I get the message (roughly translated - my OS language is not English) "unable to add _____ to favorite list. Undefined error." I´ve tried a system recovery point that was before the problem started to no avail. What to do? Very frustrating. If anyone knows how to fix this problem, please let me know in simple baby steps so I don´t create any more problems. Thanks

garysgold · May 9, 2008

Hello Snakeman,

Welcome to the forums.

I had this prob. the other day. I was able to solve it by taking ownership of the favorites folder. If I remember right, it gave me the option for subfolders and I clicked yes. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67717-take-ownership-file.html

Hope it works for you too.

Gary

Snakeman · May 10, 2008

Thanks for the tip, Gary. Now if you can tell me how I take ownership of the favorites folder (I read the tutorial but didn´t understand all of it-as I said: I´m computer challanged). Thanks

garysgold · May 10, 2008

Sorry. Try this: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/112795-context-menu-take-ownership.html
Download the .reg file and follow the instructions. This will add 'Take ownership' to your right click context menu. After merging the .reg file, right click on the 'Favorites' folder and select 'Take Ownership'. Select all subfolders and files if offered. A cmd. prompt window will open, do it's thing and close. Hopefully you'll then be good to go.

Gary

Snakeman · May 11, 2008

Did the download and according to the info it was installed o.k., but when I try it according to the instructions: nothing, nada, and I still can´t take controll or add favorites to my favorite list (bummer) and I also tried to run the vLite program but it said that I needed a higher authority level. What gives?

garysgold · May 11, 2008

Are you saying that when you right click on 'Favorites' and click on 'take ownership' nothing happens or there's no 'take ownership' on the right click menu?
Are you logged on to a User account with administrator privileges?

Gary

Snakeman · May 11, 2008

There is no take ownership on the menu and as I installed ulitmate with admin privileges, I don´t see why I don´t have total access.

garysgold · May 11, 2008

Hmmm.... I don't understand that. The account created at installation is a normal user account that can be elevated to admin. That's what the UAC prompts are all about. When you click on the continue button, you receive admin. privileges for the action you are trying to make, such as registry changes or installing some software. You can try this and see if it works.
Right click on the 'favorites' folder and select 'properties'. Click on the security tab. Click on edit. Highlight your user account and check the box for 'Full control' = allow. OK & OK. See if you can do a shortcut then. Might try going through that tutorial to add take ownership to the right click menu once more. Sometimes things don't work for me the first time.

Good Luck.
Gary

Snakeman · May 12, 2008

Hi Gary, I don´t know what I did but I can now add new web sites to my favorite list (my original problem). I added administrater to the log in window and turned off the UAC (I´m the only one with access to this computer). What I want is complete admin. access to my computer but microsoft in their infinite wisdom seem to think that this is a no-no. There must be some way around this problem. Another thing: the admin. window is a complete fantasy construction with icons and a background that I would never choose. I want it to be an exact image of my user window: same background, same icons etc.. Is there any way this can be accomplished? Thanks for your help so far.

garysgold · May 13, 2008

Snakeman said:
What I want is complete admin. access to my computer but microsoft in their infinite wisdom seem to think that this is a no-no. There must be some way around this problem. Another thing: the admin. window is a complete fantasy construction with icons and a background that I would never choose. I want it to be an exact image of my user window: same background, same icons etc.. Is there any way this can be accomplished?

Hi Snakeman,
The reason for not running in the full admin account is that if a virus or malware gets in, it will have full admin permissions and be able to have free reign of the computer. I don't recommend it. Yes UAC is a bit of a pain, but once the programs are all installed and everything is set up, its not that big of a problem. What I did was to disconnect my internet connection and then disable UAC to install all my programs and get things set up. Then turn UAC back on and reconnect the internet. If you want to run in the admin. account, you will have to go through and set it up with background, short cuts, icons etc. You might be able to just copy some things from you user account to the admin acct. (quick launch shortcuts, favorites). Haven't tried it myself, so not sure.
Here is a tutorial on how to enable the administrator acct. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html
Good luck,
Gary

Snakeman · May 14, 2008

Thanks for the feedback, Gary. I guess that I´ll just have to spend a lot of time learning how to control this monster.

garysgold · May 14, 2008

Check out all the tutorials. Link at the top of the page. They explain a lot and give fixes for many of the problems people have. Once I learned how the 'monster' thinks, we started getting along pretty good.

Take care,
Gary

Snakeman · May 15, 2008

Thanks, Gary, now I know what I´ll be doing for the next 20 years

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