Vista - Re: Favourite Folder

(cross-post added to Vista General)
"Aidan" <Aidan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A712390F-97D2-4EE3-AB7D-BA980991CF8D@microsoft.com...
> Yes, this is exactly the same issue as I have, Tony, as Earl knows from my
> previous post. The favorite sub-folders are sitting there on the new Visa
> computer but you can't add new favorities to them.


This is more a Vista issue than an IE issue I think.
E.g. you could get that symptom by having conflicting permissions
on the old folders. If the same owner information was copied from
the old system to the new system there would be a conflict even
if the user names were the same on both, e.g. different SIDs on each.
Etc. Use Cacls in a cmd window (assuming it still exists in Vista and
is available with all versions of it) to check on these possibilities.

Another diagnostic you could try would be FileMon to watch what
happens permissions-wise when you try to copy your Favorites into
the old subfolders.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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> The only way to get round
> it is to save them to the main Favorites folder and then use the 'organize'
> function afterwards to put them in the appropriate sub-folders.
>
> I haven't tried it yet, but you might have to create new sub-folders on
> Vista and copy all your old favorites into them. I wonder if it is a
> compatibility issue between the folders on XP and Vista. If so, Microsoft
> needs to sort it out, because thousands of people will be wanting to make
> this transfer, using copying rather than the wizard, over the next 12 months.
> --
> aidan
>
>
> "tonyp1978" wrote:
>
>> the favourites are on the new machine, i just get that error when trying to
>> add new ones to the folder structure that i ahve built up.
>>
>> Favourites
>> --Folder one
>> --Folder Two
>> ----Sub Folder One
>>
>> When i try to add a new favourite to sub folder one for instance i get the
>> error i mentioned
>>
>>
>> "Earl Grey" wrote:
>>
>> > Tony:
>> >
>> > Use the Import/Export Wizard to transfer Favorites to a new computer.
>> >
>> > Earl Grey
>> >
>> > tonyp1978 wrote:
>> > > In IE6 i used to be able to have folders that i stored my favourites and add
>> > > to them when needed. I've copied my favourites from an old machine onto a
>> > > new one running Vista Home and IE7. When I try to add a new link to one of
>> > > these folders, IE says "Unable to create "title of window" unspecified error"
>> > >
>> > > I want to be able to keep my favourites organised, and in seperate folders.
>> > > Any ideas?
>> >