Environment:
OS - Vista SP1
IE - 7.0.6001.18000

Steps:
1) Go to your folder under C:\Users\<your name>
2) Right click on "Favorites" and select "Properties"
3) Click the "Location" tab
4) Change the "C:" part of the path to "D:" (just moving it different drive
with same folder structure)
5) Click "Apply"
6) If you get a message saying folder does not exist, would you like to
create it, click "Yes"
7) If you see a message asking if you want to move all files from the old
location to the new location, click "Yes"
8) The folder and any existing files should get copied to the new location
9) Reboot (not sure if this is necessary, but this is what I did)

After rebooting and logging back in:
1) Open Internet Explorer
2) Navigate to some web page
3) From the menu bar, select "Favorites" and then "Add to Favorites..."
4) At this point it doesn't matter if you try to create a new Folder or just
save the link to an existing folder, the error is the same:

"Unable to create '<web page title>':"
"Unspecified error"

Expected:
After moving the location of the "Favorites" folder the correct way (not
manually, but via the Windows Shell), you should be able to create folders
and save links from Internet Explorer without issues.

Notes:
I am assuming that when the Windows Shell moved the Favorites folder to the
new location some security attribute that IE requires didn't move with it.
So, this could be a Windows Shell defect, but the issue shows up in IE.

One more item, if you move the "Favorites" folder back to it's original
location (you will have to open a new browser) then saving to the "Favorites"
folder will work again.






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Jeff Galbraith wrote:
> Environment:
> OS - Vista SP1
> IE - 7.0.6001.18000
>
> Steps:
> 1) Go to your folder under C:\Users\<your name>
> 2) Right click on "Favorites" and select "Properties"
> 3) Click the "Location" tab
> 4) Change the "C:" part of the path to "D:" (just moving it different drive
> with same folder structure)
> 5) Click "Apply"
> 6) If you get a message saying folder does not exist, would you like to
> create it, click "Yes"
> 7) If you see a message asking if you want to move all files from the old
> location to the new location, click "Yes"
> 8) The folder and any existing files should get copied to the new location
> 9) Reboot (not sure if this is necessary, but this is what I did)
>
> After rebooting and logging back in:
> 1) Open Internet Explorer
> 2) Navigate to some web page
> 3) From the menu bar, select "Favorites" and then "Add to Favorites..."
> 4) At this point it doesn't matter if you try to create a new Folder or just
> save the link to an existing folder, the error is the same:
>
> "Unable to create '<web page title>':"
> "Unspecified error"
>
> Expected:
> After moving the location of the "Favorites" folder the correct way (not
> manually, but via the Windows Shell), you should be able to create folders
> and save links from Internet Explorer without issues.
>
> Notes:
> I am assuming that when the Windows Shell moved the Favorites folder to the
> new location some security attribute that IE requires didn't move with it.
> So, this could be a Windows Shell defect, but the issue shows up in IE.
>
> One more item, if you move the "Favorites" folder back to it's original
> location (you will have to open a new browser) then saving to the "Favorites"
> folder will work again.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
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"Jeff Galbraith" <JeffGalbraith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:28DDD603-C628-42BE-B420-1AD9345D1C01@microsoft.com...
> Environment:
> OS - Vista SP1
> IE - 7.0.6001.18000

Solution:

Open a Command Prompt as an administrator.
Browse to the folder that contains your Favorites folder. That means
whichever folder your Favorites folder is in.
Copy this statement, right click the Command Prompt window at the prompt,
and select paste:
icacls favorites /setintegritylevel (OI)(CI)low

Would you please care to explain in order to give some sort of substanance to
your response otherwise I have to assume this is your personal opinion. Thank
you.

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> Your expectation was incorrect.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Jeff Galbraith wrote:
> > Environment:
> > OS - Vista SP1
> > IE - 7.0.6001.18000
> >
> > Steps:
> > 1) Go to your folder under C:\Users\<your name>
> > 2) Right click on "Favorites" and select "Properties"
> > 3) Click the "Location" tab
> > 4) Change the "C:" part of the path to "D:" (just moving it different drive
> > with same folder structure)
> > 5) Click "Apply"
> > 6) If you get a message saying folder does not exist, would you like to
> > create it, click "Yes"
> > 7) If you see a message asking if you want to move all files from the old
> > location to the new location, click "Yes"
> > 8) The folder and any existing files should get copied to the new location
> > 9) Reboot (not sure if this is necessary, but this is what I did)
> >
> > After rebooting and logging back in:
> > 1) Open Internet Explorer
> > 2) Navigate to some web page
> > 3) From the menu bar, select "Favorites" and then "Add to Favorites..."
> > 4) At this point it doesn't matter if you try to create a new Folder or just
> > save the link to an existing folder, the error is the same:
> >
> > "Unable to create '<web page title>':"
> > "Unspecified error"
> >
> > Expected:
> > After moving the location of the "Favorites" folder the correct way (not
> > manually, but via the Windows Shell), you should be able to create folders
> > and save links from Internet Explorer without issues.
> >
> > Notes:
> > I am assuming that when the Windows Shell moved the Favorites folder to the
> > new location some security attribute that IE requires didn't move with it.
> > So, this could be a Windows Shell defect, but the issue shows up in IE.
> >
> > One more item, if you move the "Favorites" folder back to it's original
> > location (you will have to open a new browser) then saving to the "Favorites"
> > folder will work again.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general
>

Thanks for a solution. I opened my Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt in
Administrator mode (windows has "Administrator:" in top left), but it failed:

D:\Users\Jeff>icacls favorites /setintegritylevel (OI)(CI)low
Access is denied.
Successfully processed 0 files; Failed processing 1 files

When I moved the folder back to C: it left a "Favorites" folder on D: and
now I can't do anything with it. Trying to access it with Wndows Explorer
also gives an error. However, I can display properties on it and when I go to
the "Security" tab and click the adminisrator "Continue" button, it comes up
with an "Owner" dialog. For "Current Owner" it displays "Unable to display
current owner."

In the "Change owner to:" I select my account and click Apply, I get "Unable
to set new owner on Favorites. Access is denied."

I also tried the "Administrators" with the same results.

"Gordon" wrote:

> "Jeff Galbraith" <JeffGalbraith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:28DDD603-C628-42BE-B420-1AD9345D1C01@microsoft.com...
> > Environment:
> > OS - Vista SP1
> > IE - 7.0.6001.18000
>
> Solution:
>
> Open a Command Prompt as an administrator.
> Browse to the folder that contains your Favorites folder. That means
> whichever folder your Favorites folder is in.
> Copy this statement, right click the Command Prompt window at the prompt,
> and select paste:
> icacls favorites /setintegritylevel (OI)(CI)low
>
>