Questions tagged [favorites]
Questions about managing shortcuts to often used locations. Example: The list of favourites shown in windows explorer.
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Recent favorites folders in Firefox shows only the last one in dropdown menu
The Favorites dropdown menu in Firefox only shows the last Folder/Location I used.
This is going on since Firefox crashed and I replaced the 'Profile' folder in the Firefox directory with an older ...
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Mouseover text from favorites bar lingers?
For some reason, the mouseover text from one of my favorites in MS Edge is just staying on my screen, and I have no idea why.
It even stays on my desktop when I minimize edge.
Why is this happening?
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Stop Windows from constantly creating the IE Favorites folder
Windows 10 21H1 and all other versions of Windows I've ever used insist on creating the Favorites folder, e.g. C:\Users\John\Favorites.
For the non-initiated the Favorites folder is created by the ...
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Windows 7 - make folders from favorites open in new window
By default if I click on a folder in "favorites" (left hand pane), they open in the same window, as normal folders. But for latter I can hold ctrl while double-clicking to open them in new ...
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Transferring book marks from saved user folder
My staff is getting new machines, running Windows 10, that are replacing their old machines, which ran Windows 7. I have copied their old user files onto the new machines. These old files include ...
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Favorites doesn't display anything in Explorer sidebar
On Windows 7 x64, I'm having an issue where the Favorites link in the sidebar fails to show any shortcuts, and the usually-cited fix of right-clicking on it and clicking either Restore favorite links ...
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Stop GNOME from randomizing window locations in its pop-out?
I'm working on Ubuntu 18.04, fully patched with dist-upgrade. I layout 4 terminals as shown below. The order of the favorite pop-out is top-to-bottom: (a) is (1) top left, (b) is (2) bottom left, (c) ...
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Adding a folder in Windows 10 Explorer to the Quick-access/favorites to access it with only one click
Currently when I'm adding a folder to the favorites I have to click twice for accessing the folder.
Click on "Favorites" in the tree pane and then on the folder in the main pain to open it.
The ...
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Win 7 Favorites -> Win 10 Quick Access, also changed Shortcuts -> Actual Folders?
Under Win 7, the Favorites list is a collection of shortcuts to folders.
As such, each of these shortcuts has its own name and target (one can see this by right clicking on one of these). They do not ...
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Microsoft Outlook – Favorites shortcuts disappear on re-launch
When I add shortcuts from my mail accounts to the Favorites folder, they get deleted on Outlook re-launch.
I am using Microsoft Outlook 2013.
Since I have configured multiple mail accounts in ...
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Windows 7 Explorer clearing history
So i have alot(more than on screenshot) of "Favorites" in pop up menu of explorer (right click on explorer icon on taskbar) Screenshot
Also i am using "Most visited" (i think on english it is)
But ...
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Import Favorite Bookmarks to Edge From Another Machine
The problem is when copying files containing bookmarks from a machine with W10 Pro & Edge 38.14393.0.0 to another machine (W10 Home) with the same version of Edge, the bookmarks do not appear.
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Unable to save bookmarks in Edge
I was having trouble importing my favorites, when a friend of mine found a thread here on superuser and somehow managed to make it so I cannot add or import bookmarks at all; when I try to, it simply ...
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phpStorm: global project favorites
i found out there's a favorites toolbar in phpstorm but it seems like it's only storing the current project's favorites.
is there a way having a global favorites projects/folders list which is ...
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Windows Explorer Favorites separator bar?
Seems like on the Internet there's no solution for Windows 7 Favorites bar separator?
It's really confusing when there are so much links. I want to group it and separate it to make it easier to find, ...
