[gui-talk] straightening out my favorites

Tue Feb 5 14:15:38 CST 2008

Joel, you make a very valid point.  What I described: you highlight the 
folder that you're moving; then to to the Edit menu.  If you arrow down 
while on this menu, you should eventually get to Copy to Folder, and just 
below this, you should get to: Move to Folder.  Thanks for th info abouthe 
moving folder which is definitely a very viable option. If this option I 
mentioned is not there, I do not understand why.  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 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] straightening out my favorites


> 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
>>>
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