Remove Links-folder from Internet Explorer favorites
Internet Explorer (IE) has a menu-item called Favorites, which is folder where one can store favorite websites. By default the folder includes several non-interesting websites, which can be deleted except one folder called Links. When IE starts it checks whether the Links-folder exists and if it has been deleted then it is re-created.
The easy way is just to hide the folder:
- Start IE and browse into the Favorites-folder
- Right-click the Links-folder and select Properties
- Set the Attributes so it becomes Hidden
- Press the Ok-button
The hard way is to stop the folder from being re-created:
- Open the registry and set this registry value to an empty string:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer \Toolbar]
LinksFolderName = “” (Default value = “Links”) - Start IE and browse into the Favorites-folder
- Right-click the Links-folder and select Delete