[gui-talk] straightening out my favorites

Tue Feb 5 01:19:04 CST 2008

Jaybee,

First of all, you have to ask yourself why you don't just use the same 
method as I described for moving a folder. That's all this other method is 
doing for you, you know. It's cutting the folder to the clipboard and 
pasting it in where you say to. Maybe you aren't aware that moving a folder 
doesn't involve doing anything with the files inside the folder. You just 
select that folder, same as if you were navigating to it in the tree view, 
and just do whatever you want. The files within it will all move along with 
the folder name. See? It's not any more trouble at all.

And again, I have to ask you: Just where is this view menu you're describing 
that has a Move Folder item on it? As I said, I just went into Windows 
Explorer to see if I'd forgotten something that was in the View menu, but 
no, there isn't anything there about moving folders. What are you talking 
about? Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jaybee" <jayjohnson62 at bellsouth.net>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] straightening out my favorites

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
>> CENTRAL FLORIDA go to:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
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