Three ways to change the location of the IE favorites Address

Three ways to change the location of the IE Favorites Address:

Method One: Favorite folder The default path is "C:windowsfavorites". Everyone in the reload system should be back in advance, the method is to copy the folder out, reload the system and then cover back to. But many friends often forget, the results of hard collection of selected sites are all gone, really painful.

Now if you set your Favorites path to another disk, such as "e:favorites," you'll never have to worry about reloading the system and forgetting to back it up. You want to try it, too? The steps are as follows:

1, the collection of "C:windowsfavorites" copy to E disk;

First press Win+r, enter regedit in the pop-up dialog box to open Registry Editor

2. Modify the registration form. Run Registry Editor to expand the HKEY_USERS. Defaultsoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionexploreruser Shell Folders ".

(Hint: You can find the "c:windowsfavorites" as a Lookup object, you can find it soon, but the first one to find the result is not, the second is), and then double-click the right window in the string "Favorites", change the path to "e:favorites." OK to exit Registry Editor.

Method Two: For example, I want to change the favorites default save path to D:study. Close Internet Explorer browser, open Explorer, go to C:windowsfavorite, hold down SHIFT key, and drag the left mouse button to D:study and let go.

Tip: When doing this, be sure to close the Internet Explorer browser first, otherwise there is no way to do it.

Method Three: Open winxp/2000 Registry Editor, enter Hkey_current_usersoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrent versionexploreruser Shell Folders, Set the Favorites key value in the right window to a different path, such as: E:favorites, and then move the contents of the original favorites into the new favorites, which is equivalent to a backup of your favorites.