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I have reinstalled a machine and I copied the local user desktop and favourites as usual, when I tried to test see if the favourites were copied across properly, they didn't appear the favourites bar (which is supposed to have a white box in the centre where it lists the favourites) looks like this:
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I don't understand why it keeps doing this I have tried using the file name "Favorites" and "Favourites" to appeal to any Language changes, but the same thing happened, IE 11 has been reset to default configuration and settings, the user is set as a local administrator and all the favourites have been copied into and replaced the old Favorites file in the users profile on the C drive.



what may be of interest is that they did appear when a USB drive was inserted with the favourites saved there but as soon as this was removed the favourites tab appears as is above.



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  • In your IE,go to Organize Favourites (In the Add to favourites menu) and see if they are listed there or no. If not simply drag them in it.

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 10:45













  • @Scorpion99 the window will not even appear to allow me to organise the favourites clicking Organise Favourites button does nothing :/

    – ThunderToes
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:05











  • go to run and try the following : C:Users%USERNAME%Favorites , are you able to see them there?

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:12













  • @Scorpion99 yes they are visible in that directory on the C: drive

    – ThunderToes
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:37











  • IE11 should show these in the Favorites list

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:39
















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I have reinstalled a machine and I copied the local user desktop and favourites as usual, when I tried to test see if the favourites were copied across properly, they didn't appear the favourites bar (which is supposed to have a white box in the centre where it lists the favourites) looks like this:
enter image description here



I don't understand why it keeps doing this I have tried using the file name "Favorites" and "Favourites" to appeal to any Language changes, but the same thing happened, IE 11 has been reset to default configuration and settings, the user is set as a local administrator and all the favourites have been copied into and replaced the old Favorites file in the users profile on the C drive.



what may be of interest is that they did appear when a USB drive was inserted with the favourites saved there but as soon as this was removed the favourites tab appears as is above.



How can I get the Favourites to display?










share|improve this question

























  • In your IE,go to Organize Favourites (In the Add to favourites menu) and see if they are listed there or no. If not simply drag them in it.

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 10:45













  • @Scorpion99 the window will not even appear to allow me to organise the favourites clicking Organise Favourites button does nothing :/

    – ThunderToes
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:05











  • go to run and try the following : C:Users%USERNAME%Favorites , are you able to see them there?

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:12













  • @Scorpion99 yes they are visible in that directory on the C: drive

    – ThunderToes
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:37











  • IE11 should show these in the Favorites list

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:39














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I have reinstalled a machine and I copied the local user desktop and favourites as usual, when I tried to test see if the favourites were copied across properly, they didn't appear the favourites bar (which is supposed to have a white box in the centre where it lists the favourites) looks like this:
enter image description here



I don't understand why it keeps doing this I have tried using the file name "Favorites" and "Favourites" to appeal to any Language changes, but the same thing happened, IE 11 has been reset to default configuration and settings, the user is set as a local administrator and all the favourites have been copied into and replaced the old Favorites file in the users profile on the C drive.



what may be of interest is that they did appear when a USB drive was inserted with the favourites saved there but as soon as this was removed the favourites tab appears as is above.



How can I get the Favourites to display?










share|improve this question
















I have reinstalled a machine and I copied the local user desktop and favourites as usual, when I tried to test see if the favourites were copied across properly, they didn't appear the favourites bar (which is supposed to have a white box in the centre where it lists the favourites) looks like this:
enter image description here



I don't understand why it keeps doing this I have tried using the file name "Favorites" and "Favourites" to appeal to any Language changes, but the same thing happened, IE 11 has been reset to default configuration and settings, the user is set as a local administrator and all the favourites have been copied into and replaced the old Favorites file in the users profile on the C drive.



what may be of interest is that they did appear when a USB drive was inserted with the favourites saved there but as soon as this was removed the favourites tab appears as is above.



How can I get the Favourites to display?







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  • In your IE,go to Organize Favourites (In the Add to favourites menu) and see if they are listed there or no. If not simply drag them in it.

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 10:45













  • @Scorpion99 the window will not even appear to allow me to organise the favourites clicking Organise Favourites button does nothing :/

    – ThunderToes
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:05











  • go to run and try the following : C:Users%USERNAME%Favorites , are you able to see them there?

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:12













  • @Scorpion99 yes they are visible in that directory on the C: drive

    – ThunderToes
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:37











  • IE11 should show these in the Favorites list

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:39



















  • In your IE,go to Organize Favourites (In the Add to favourites menu) and see if they are listed there or no. If not simply drag them in it.

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 10:45













  • @Scorpion99 the window will not even appear to allow me to organise the favourites clicking Organise Favourites button does nothing :/

    – ThunderToes
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:05











  • go to run and try the following : C:Users%USERNAME%Favorites , are you able to see them there?

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:12













  • @Scorpion99 yes they are visible in that directory on the C: drive

    – ThunderToes
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:37











  • IE11 should show these in the Favorites list

    – Scorpion99
    Aug 18 '14 at 11:39

















In your IE,go to Organize Favourites (In the Add to favourites menu) and see if they are listed there or no. If not simply drag them in it.

– Scorpion99
Aug 18 '14 at 10:45







In your IE,go to Organize Favourites (In the Add to favourites menu) and see if they are listed there or no. If not simply drag them in it.

– Scorpion99
Aug 18 '14 at 10:45















@Scorpion99 the window will not even appear to allow me to organise the favourites clicking Organise Favourites button does nothing :/

– ThunderToes
Aug 18 '14 at 11:05





@Scorpion99 the window will not even appear to allow me to organise the favourites clicking Organise Favourites button does nothing :/

– ThunderToes
Aug 18 '14 at 11:05













go to run and try the following : C:Users%USERNAME%Favorites , are you able to see them there?

– Scorpion99
Aug 18 '14 at 11:12







go to run and try the following : C:Users%USERNAME%Favorites , are you able to see them there?

– Scorpion99
Aug 18 '14 at 11:12















@Scorpion99 yes they are visible in that directory on the C: drive

– ThunderToes
Aug 18 '14 at 11:37





@Scorpion99 yes they are visible in that directory on the C: drive

– ThunderToes
Aug 18 '14 at 11:37













IE11 should show these in the Favorites list

– Scorpion99
Aug 18 '14 at 11:39





IE11 should show these in the Favorites list

– Scorpion99
Aug 18 '14 at 11:39










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In my case I had errors in the registry for the "Favorites" keys in these locations:



HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders
HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders


Fixing these and restarting IE fixed the problem.






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    In the Favorites folder under C:usersusernameFavorites..... verify that the files are not "Hidden". Just has a user where her Favorites was not appearing in IE. Went to look back at the Favorites folder and noticed that the icons were faded. Had my colleague go into the properties of one of the files that appeared hidden and sure enough.... it was marked as hidden. Selected all of the files and right-click--> Properties--> General tab and deselected "Hidden". Closed and re-opened IE and all of the Favorites appeared.






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      In my case I had errors in the registry for the "Favorites" keys in these locations:



      HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
      HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders
      HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
      HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders


      Fixing these and restarting IE fixed the problem.






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        See my answer to this question:



        In my case I had errors in the registry for the "Favorites" keys in these locations:



        HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
        HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders
        HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
        HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders


        Fixing these and restarting IE fixed the problem.






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          See my answer to this question:



          In my case I had errors in the registry for the "Favorites" keys in these locations:



          HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
          HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders
          HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
          HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders


          Fixing these and restarting IE fixed the problem.






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          See my answer to this question:



          In my case I had errors in the registry for the "Favorites" keys in these locations:



          HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
          HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders
          HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerShell folders
          HKEY_USERS.defaultSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerUser Shell folders


          Fixing these and restarting IE fixed the problem.







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              In the Favorites folder under C:usersusernameFavorites..... verify that the files are not "Hidden". Just has a user where her Favorites was not appearing in IE. Went to look back at the Favorites folder and noticed that the icons were faded. Had my colleague go into the properties of one of the files that appeared hidden and sure enough.... it was marked as hidden. Selected all of the files and right-click--> Properties--> General tab and deselected "Hidden". Closed and re-opened IE and all of the Favorites appeared.






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                In the Favorites folder under C:usersusernameFavorites..... verify that the files are not "Hidden". Just has a user where her Favorites was not appearing in IE. Went to look back at the Favorites folder and noticed that the icons were faded. Had my colleague go into the properties of one of the files that appeared hidden and sure enough.... it was marked as hidden. Selected all of the files and right-click--> Properties--> General tab and deselected "Hidden". Closed and re-opened IE and all of the Favorites appeared.






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                  In the Favorites folder under C:usersusernameFavorites..... verify that the files are not "Hidden". Just has a user where her Favorites was not appearing in IE. Went to look back at the Favorites folder and noticed that the icons were faded. Had my colleague go into the properties of one of the files that appeared hidden and sure enough.... it was marked as hidden. Selected all of the files and right-click--> Properties--> General tab and deselected "Hidden". Closed and re-opened IE and all of the Favorites appeared.






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                  In the Favorites folder under C:usersusernameFavorites..... verify that the files are not "Hidden". Just has a user where her Favorites was not appearing in IE. Went to look back at the Favorites folder and noticed that the icons were faded. Had my colleague go into the properties of one of the files that appeared hidden and sure enough.... it was marked as hidden. Selected all of the files and right-click--> Properties--> General tab and deselected "Hidden". Closed and re-opened IE and all of the Favorites appeared.







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