Favorites moved from profile to c:windowsfavorites (NOT ON..

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Matt,

In which registry key have you changed the Favorites path? There are two,
and only one needs to be modified.

--
Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Majik" <deja.google@matthewmoore.net> wrote in message
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>I would have chalked this up to a user messing something up, but I have
> had two PCs on my network suddenly have the favorites move from
> underneath the user profile to c:\windows\favorites. This is an issue
> because on the machines, multiple users share the PC, so they are now
> sharing favorites.
>
> I find it strange that it happened since there isn't a "Favorites"
> folder under c:\windows by default in the XP install.
>
> The two PCs don't really have that much in common otherwise. One has
> SP2 and the other doesn't. They both had this problem happen at the
> same time, but I don't believe any patches have been installed for
> about 3 weeks.
>
> I changed the favorites in the registry back to the profile, but the
> next day, it was back in the C:\Windows folder again.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Matt
>

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I searched the registry and changed all of the ones that I saw were
incorrect. Is this wrong? Which ones specifically should I change?

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Majik,

Change the path under User Shell Folders key
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Majik" <deja.google@matthewmoore.net> wrote in message
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>I searched the registry and changed all of the ones that I saw were
> incorrect. Is this wrong? Which ones specifically should I change?
>