Questions tagged [favorites]
Questions about managing shortcuts to often used locations. Example: The list of favourites shown in windows explorer.
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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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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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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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What are some fast methods for navigating to frequently used folders in Windows 7?
(This is a followup question from my previous question.)
In windows XP I used to be able to quickly navigate to frequently used folders by making use of the 'Favorites' menu item and the hotkey ...
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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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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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Is there any way to get tree organisation for Windows 7 file explorer favorites?
In XP there was a MenuBar called Favorites which seemed to be based on Internet Explorer Favorites. It was fantastic because it allowed for very fast tree style navigation (if set up correctly you ...
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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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Windows 7 add ftp location to Favorites in Windows Explorer
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, and am trying to add a local FTP location to my Windows explorer favorites. For some reason, when I've browsed to say ftp://localaddr, and right click on ...
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How can I stop the "Favorites" icon from constantly reappearing on my desktop?
I accidentally dragged the "favorites" link to my desktop once, and now it constantly reappears, despite repeated attempts at nuking it. How can I prevent it from reappearing?
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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, ...
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