How to move IE7 Favorites from Win XP to Win Vista

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If you try to change the location of the folder "Favorites" on Vista, you will discover qu'IE7 will be unable to save new favorites. This is not a bug, but a side effect of the protections of Vista UAC and protected mode of IE7. Fortunately, just a simple command to allow IE7 to access a folder named "Favorites" moved ...

Step : 1

To move the folder "Favorites", it begins with the classic, as it existed in Windows XP. But this is only a first step:

- The Vista Start menu, click on your name to access your personal files.
- Select the Favorites folder, then click the right mouse button and choose Properties.
- Open the Locations tab.
- Click on Move and select the new location (here, "D: \ Favorites").
- Confirm the change.

The file is now moved. But if you start Internet Explorer7, you will see that it becomes unable to add any new favorite.

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Step : 2

IE7 to provide full access to the folder "Favorites" newly positioned, we need to run a command in Administrator mode.

- Open Start menu, go to All Programs and then Accessories.
- Locate the command prompt and click the right button.
- Select Run as administrator.
- Confirm the elevation of privileges by clicking Allow.

Note: You can also initiate calls on Administrator mode directly by typing "cmd" into the search box in the Start menu and validating with the combination [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Enter].

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Step : 3

Once the command prompt started in Administrator mode, enter the following command:

icacls D: \ Favorites / setintegritylevel (oi) (ci) low

Obviously we must replace "D: \ Favorites" by the location you specified in step one.

Hope it helps you !!