[gui-talk] straightening out my favorites

Tue Feb 5 01:09:25 CST 2008

Hi Joel.  What you described, I usually do when I'm only moving one or a few 
files, but usually when I move an entire folder I basically do it the way I 
described.  I will be the first to admit that I may not have understood what 
was being asked for.  By the way, I did finally find the associate file that 
you suggested: Normal.dot, and it does work.  Again thanks for the 
suggestion.  Jaybee
Things eyes of flesh can't see are in the mind.
To those with perfect sight:  I am not blind!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] straightening out my favorites


> Hi Jaybee,
>
> I'm sorry, but you'd better leave me out of this. First of all, if I want 
> to
> simply move a folder, I select it in the folder tree view of Windows
> Explorer, press control x to cut to clipboard, navigate to the folder
> underneath which I want it to go, and press control v to paste it there.
> That's all.
>
> And in the Windows explorer View menu, I don't have any such item as Move
> Folder. So I just don't understand your directions. So I'll leave it to
> someone else to comment, if anyone wishes to. I'll be interested to find 
> out
> what it is you're describing, though. Might be a helpful alternative to my
> usual way of doing file management.
>
> And just in case it's helpful, the folder of these bookmarks is called the
> Favorites folder, plural.
>
> Well, I'm curious to see what this method of folder management is about. 
> Oh.
> I know exactly what you mean about discovering that there are two or three
> Favorites folders on your hard drive. Same for My Documents.  and a couple
> of other things. In Windows Explorer, there's this group of folders that
> appears above the local drive c: and the 3 1/2 floppy drive A. When I
> migrated from Windows 98 to Windows XP, I wasn't familiar with that stuff.
> In Windows 98, Windows Explorer opened right on drive C, and you could 
> arrow
> up to the A drive if you wanted to, but there wasn't this whole little
> section of extra folders up above that plus a folder for your desktop.. 
> This
> group of folder above it in XP, let's see what they are again-- Desktop, 
> my
> documents, my pictures, and a couple of other things, I don't even know 
> what
> they're doing there, and I don't use them for anything. I stash files and
> create folders only on local drive c:, off what we used to call the root
> directory. Maybe somebody will explain to me what those folders are about,
> or what bibarc means, for the love of Mike. I mean it's always the default
> where some file wants to download to, and I have to adjust things to 
> direct
> the download to where it belongs, meanwhile thinking "bib arc?" This is
> something about a cloth you tie around your neck while you're eating
> lobster, with a rainbow on it or something?
>
> Such are the unsolved mysteries of Windows.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jaybee" <jayjohnson62 at bellsouth.net>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] straightening out my favorites
>
>
> Joel, if I'm hearing right, and grant it, I may not be, Sherri is 
> attempting
> to move the entire folder Favorites, and if this is the case, she needs to
> go to the Favorites folder where ever it is, (I must tell you though, I 
> have
> several Favorite foldars, and they're in different places.  One of my
> favorite folders have nothing in it.  So be sure you have the favorite
> folder you desire).  go to the Edit menu, arrow down to Move to folderk 
> and
> hit enter Then, by tabbing through the options she will find a list of
> folders.  Find the one you want, and without entering that folder, tab to
> Move and hit enter, and the entire Favorite folder will move from where 
> ever
> it is to the selected folder.  Hope this helps some. Best.  Jaybee
> Things eyes of flesh can't see are in the mind.
> To those with perfect sight:  I am not blind!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] straightening out my favorites
>
>
>> Sherry,
>>
>> you don't have to do anything. When I want to edit my Favorites list
>> within
>> Windows Explorer rather than bother trying to do it while actually on the
>> Web, that's exactly where I go. Or almost, anyway, because all my stuff 
>> is
>> under Documents and Settings/Admin. Not All Users.
>>
>> But in any case, that's fine. They don't have to go anywhere, so far as I
>> know. In fact, I've never even looked for Internet Explorer as a folder.
>> Let
>> me see where that is...
>>
>> Well, I can't figure out where there are actual folders with Internet
>> Explorer files on my hard drive. I never thought about it. The only place
>> I
>> ever was told to look for the Favorites folders and files was just where 
>> I
>> said they are, under documents and settings. And you can work with them
>> just
>> fine there.
>>
>> Now if you're saying you actually no longer have Favorites when you're on
>> the Web and you press Insert I (in IE 7) or Insert A, I think it is, in 
>> IE
>> 6, that's a mystery I would have no ideas about.
>>
>> I guess I'm not sure what it is that's bothering you, I confess. Sorry.
>> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Multiple recipients of NFBnet GUI-TALK Mailing List"
>> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>; <accesscomp at yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 5:41 PM
>> Subject: [gui-talk] straightening out my favorites
>>
>>
>> I am desperately in need of someone who is computer knowledgeable to help
>> me
>> with my latest computer dilemma. Today, my daughter unwittingly made a
>> change to my folders and now my "favorites" have disappeared. I found 
>> them
>> all residing in a folder under documents and settings/all users, but I
>> don't
>> know how to get that folder back into my IE7 under favorites. I can 
>> access
>> each website, but I must first go to documents and settings to do so. Any
>> suggestions on how to move this folder back where it belongs. I already
>> tried system restore and it didn't change anything. Any help would be
>> monumentally appreciated. I have spent all day at this, much to the
>> detriment of my work, which is medical transcription.
>> Sherri
>>
>> sbrun at cfl.rr.com
>>
>> TO DONATE YOUR USED CELL PHONE AND CHANGE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLIND IN
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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