Remove Links-folder from Internet Explorer favorites
February 19, 2005
by Snakefoot |
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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
Updated: 23 September 2007
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